Ge-doped optical fibres as thermoluminescence dosimeters for kilovoltage X-ray therapy irradiations

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

Volumn 652, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 834-837

  Issa, Fatma ^a   Latip, Nur Atiqah Abd ^a   Bradley, David A ^a   Nisbet, Andrew ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Ge doped SiO2; Kilovoltage radiotherapy; Thermoluminescence

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL AXIS; CORRECTION FACTORS; DEPTH DOSE; DOSE MEASUREMENT; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRIC PARAMETER; GE-DOPED SILICA; GE-DOPED SIO2; IONISATION CHAMBER MEASUREMENTS; REPRODUCIBILITIES; SOLID WATER; TABULATED DATA; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER;

DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; FIBERS; GERMANIUM; IONIZATION; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; SILICA; SILICON COMPOUNDS;

THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

EID: 80052931810     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2010.09.080     Document Type: Conference Paper

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