Response of LiF:Mg,Ti thermoluminescent dosimeters at photon energies relevant to the dosimetry of brachytherapy (<1 MeV)

Medical Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 5539-5550

  Tedgren, Åsa Carlsson ^a,b   Hedman, Angelica ^a,c   Grindborg, Jan Erik ^b   Carlsson, Gudrun Alm ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Radiation Protection Authority   (Sweden)

^c Centre of Surgery and Oncology   (Sweden)

Author keywords

brachytherapy; detector response; dosimetry; efficiency; LiF:Mg; Ti TLD; x ray energy spectra

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; EFFICIENCY; ENERGY TRANSFER; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ONCOLOGY; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY; SPECTROSCOPY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER ABSORPTION; X RAYS;

BRACHYTHERAPY; DETECTOR RESPONSE; HIGH TEMPERATURE PEAKS; HIGH-ENERGY PHOTON BEAMS; IRRADIATION GEOMETRIES; MASS ENERGY ABSORPTION; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETERS; X-RAY ENERGIES;

X RAY DETECTORS;

EID: 80053592917     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3633892     Document Type: Article

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