The thermoluminescence response of Ge-doped silica fibres for synchrotron microbeam radiation therapy dosimetry

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 619, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 167-170

  Rahman, A T Abdul ^a,d   Bradley, D A ^a   Doran, S J ^a,b   Thierry, Brochard ^c   Brauer Krisch, Elke ^c   Bravin, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^d UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Dose response; Dosimetry; Ge doped silica fibre; Microbeam radiation therapy; Synchrotron

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; FIBERS; GERMANIUM; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL FIBERS; RADIATION; SILICA; SYNCHROTRONS; THERMOLUMINESCENCE; TISSUE;

ACCURATE MEASUREMENT; DOSE RESPONSE; GE-DOPED OPTICAL FIBRES; GE-DOPED SILICA; MICROBEAM RADIATION THERAPY; MICROBEAM RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY FACILITY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE RESPONSE;

RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 78650275493     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2009.10.173     Document Type: Conference Paper

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