Dosimetric performance and array assessment of plastic scintillation detectors for stereotactic radiosurgery quality assurance

Medical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 429-436

  Gagnon, Jean Christophe ^a,b   Thériault, Dany ^b   Guillot, Mathieu ^a,b   Archambault, Louis ^a,b   Beddar, Sam ^c   Gingras, Luc ^a,b   Beaulieu, Luc ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

detector array; plastic scintillation detector; radiation detector; small field; stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; NEUTRON DETECTORS; OPTICAL FIBERS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIATION DETECTORS; SCINTILLATION;

ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA; ANGULAR DEPENDENCIES; DETECTOR ARRAYS; PLASTIC SCINTILLATION DETECTORS; SCINTILLATING FIBER; SMALL FIELD; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT VERIFICATION;

RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 84855458206     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3666765     Document Type: Article

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