Integral T-shaped phantom-dosimeter system to measure transverse and longitudinal dose distributions simultaneously for stereotactic radiosurgery dosimetry

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 6404-6414

  Yoo, Wook Jae ^a   Moon, Jinsoo ^a   Jang, Kyoung Won ^a   Han, Ki Tek ^a   Shin, Sang Hun ^a   Jeon, Dayeong ^a   Park, Jang Yeon ^a   Park, Byung Gi ^b   Lee, Bongsoo ^a  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^b Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Absorbed dose; Fiber optic dosimeter; Phantom; Radiosurgery; Square scintillating optical fiber

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; IMAGE QUALITY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY;

PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 84861541408     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s120506404     Document Type: Article

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