Validating plastic scintillation detectors for photon dosimetry in the radiologic energy range

Medical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 5308-5316

  Lessard, François ^a,b   Archambault, Louis ^a,b   Plamondon, Mathieu ^a,b   Després, Philippe ^a,b   Therriault Proulx, François ^a,b,c   Beddar, Sam ^c   Beaulieu, Luc ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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

Author keywords

diagnostic radiology; dosimetry; plastic scintillation detector; radiology

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM TELLURIDE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; ENERGY ABSORPTION; HARDENING; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; IONIZATION; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; NEUTRON DETECTORS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHOTONS; RADIATION; RADIOLOGY; SCINTILLATION;

COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MASS ENERGY ABSORPTION; PLASTIC SCINTILLATION DETECTORS; REAL-TIME DOSIMETRY; SCINTILLATION PHOTONS; SIMULATION SOFTWARE;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 84866141321     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4738964     Document Type: Article

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