Determination of average LET of therapeutic proton beams using Al 2O3: C optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) detectors

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 4963-4976

  Sawakuchi, Gabriel O ^a   Sahoo, Narayan ^b   Gasparian, Patricia B R ^c   Rodriguez, Matthew G ^c   Archambault, Louis ^d,e   Titt, Uwe ^b   Yukihara, Eduardo G ^c  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM OXIDE; CARBON; PROTON;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; LUMINESCENCE; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD;

ALGORITHMS; ALUMINUM OXIDE; CARBON; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY;

EID: 78149330634     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/17/006     Document Type: Article

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