SSPM based radiation sensing: Preliminary laboratory and clinical results

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 76-87

  Konnoff, Daniel C ^a   Plant, Thomas K ^a   Shiner, Elizabeth ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical radiotherapy; Diagnostic dosimetry; Environmental radiation sensing; Medical imaging; Solid state photomultiplier

Indexed keywords

AIR-CORE; ANGULAR MEASUREMENTS; CERENKOV LIGHT; CLINICAL RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL SETTINGS; CLINICAL TESTING; DEPTH DOSE; DETECTOR ELEMENTS; DIAGNOSTIC DOSIMETRY; DOPED GLASS; DOSE LINEARITY; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIATION MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIATION SENSING; GLASS OPTICAL FIBERS; INORGANIC SCINTILLATOR; LOW SIGNAL LEVELS; PERFORMANCE LEVEL; PHOTO MULTIPLIER TUBE; PHOTON BEAMS; PLASTIC OPTICAL FIBERS; PLASTIC SCINTILLATING FIBERS; RADIATION-SENSING; SCINTILLATOR MATERIALS; SIGNAL LEVEL;

DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAMS; FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; GLASS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; RADIOTHERAPY; SCINTILLATION; SILICON COMPOUNDS; TUBING;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 78650802373     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2010.08.002     Document Type: Article

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