Determination of absorbed dose to water around a clinical HDR 192Ir source using LiF:Mg,Ti TLDs demonstrates an LET dependence of detector response

Medical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1133-1140

  Carlsson Tedgren, Asa ^a   Elia, Rouba ^a   Hedtjärn, Hkan ^b   Olsson, Sara ^a   Alm Carlsson, Gudrun ^a,c  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Radiation Protection Authority   (Sweden)

^c Unga Vuxna Clinic   (Sweden)

Author keywords

brachytherapy; dose response; dosimetry; LiF:Mg; Ti detectors

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY TRANSFER; ONCOLOGY; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHANTOMS; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; RADIOTHERAPY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER ABSORPTION; WATER TREATMENT;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CALIBRATION PROCEDURE; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTRON PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCES (EPR); ENERGY ABSORPTION PROPERTIES; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETERS; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS;

LITHIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84856965918     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3675401     Document Type: Article

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