Characteristics of optically stimulated luminescence dosimeters in the spread-out Bragg peak region of clinical proton beams

Medical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1854-1863

  Kerns, James R ^a   Kry, Stephen F ^a   Sahoo, Narayan ^a  

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

Author keywords

dosimetry; optically stimulated luminescence; proton therapy

Indexed keywords

BRAGG CELLS; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; LUMINESCENCE; NANODOTS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PROTON BEAMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

BEAM QUALITY FACTOR; CLINICAL PROTON BEAMS; DOSIMETRIC PROPERTIES; LUMINESCENT DETECTOR; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE DOSIMETERS; PROTON THERAPY; SPREAD OUT BRAGG PEAKS;

PROTON BEAM THERAPY;

EID: 84861622093     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3693055     Document Type: Article

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