Plastic scintillation dosimetry: Comparison of three solutions for the Cerenkov challenge

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 5805-5821

  Liu, P Z Y ^a,b   Suchowerska, N ^a,b   Lambert, J ^a,b   Abolfathi, P ^a,b   McKenzie, D R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CORE; BACKGROUND SIGNALS; CERENKOV; CERENKOV LIGHT; LIGHT GUIDES; MEGAVOLTAGE; OPTIMUM METHOD; PLASTIC SCINTILLATION; PRIMARY RADIATIONS; SCINTILLATION SIGNALS; THREE SOLUTIONS; TWO WAVELENGTH;

DOSIMETRY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

SCINTILLATION;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; FIBER OPTICS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCINTILLATION COUNTING;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCINTILLATION COUNTING;

EID: 80052662339     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/18/003     Document Type: Article

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