Dosimetric characterization of a synthetic single crystal diamond detector in clinical radiation therapy small photon beams

Medical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 4493-4501

  Ciancaglioni, I ^a   Marinelli, Marco ^a   Milani, E ^a   Prestopino, G ^a   Verona, C ^a   Verona Rinati, G ^a   Consorti, R ^b   Petrucci, A ^b   De Notaristefani, F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b SAN FILIPPO NERI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

clinical dosimetry; microionization chamber; narrow field dosimetry; synthetic diamond detector

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS; RADIATION; RADIOTHERAPY; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; SINGLE CRYSTALS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

CLINICAL RADIATION DOSIMETRY; DOSE RATE DEPENDENCE; DOSE-DISTRIBUTION MEASUREMENT; DOSIMETRIC PROPERTIES; MICROIONIZATION CHAMBERS; RADIATION INCIDENCE; SYNTHETIC SINGLE CRYSTALS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

SYNTHETIC DIAMONDS;

EID: 84864221448     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4729739     Document Type: Article

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