First tests in the application of silicon photomultiplier arrays to dose monitoring in hadron therapy

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

Volumn 648, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Llosa G ^a   Barrio, J ^a   Lacasta, C ^a   Callier, S ^b   Raux, L ^b   De La Taille, C ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA CORPUSCULAR IFIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Compton imaging; Continuous crystal; G APD; Hadron therapy; LaBr3; MPPC; SiPM

Indexed keywords

COMPTON IMAGING; CONTINUOUS CRYSTAL; G-APD; HADRON THERAPY; LABR3; MPPC; SIPM;

DETECTORS; MONITORING; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS;

HADRONS;

EID: 79960842475     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2010.12.092     Document Type: Article

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