Review of doped silica glass optical fibre: Their TL properties and potential applications in radiation therapy dosimetry

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 71, Issue SUPPL., 2012, Pages 2-11

  Bradley, D A ^a   Hugtenburg, R P ^b   Nisbet, A ^a,c   Abdul Rahman, Ahmad Taufek ^a,d   Issa, Fatma ^a   Mohd Noor, Noramaliza ^a   Alalawi, Amani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Dose enhancement; Optical fibres; Radiation dosimetry; Radiotherapy; Synchrotron radiation; UV radiation

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE LOSS; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSE-RATE; ELECTRON DOSE; ELECTRON LINEAR ACCELERATOR; ENERGY DEPENDENCE; ENERGY RANGES; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIA; MICROBEAM FACILITY; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; RADIATION THERAPY DOSIMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITIES; SIGNAL FADING; THERAPEUTIC APPLICATION; UV SOURCES; X RAY BEAM;

DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; GERMANIUM; IODINE; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

GLASS FIBER; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; ELECTRON BEAM; NEUTRON RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION ENERGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BRACHYTHERAPY; GERMANIUM; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; OPTICAL FIBERS; RADIOMETRY; SILICON DIOXIDE; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84870388301     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: 18729800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2012.02.001     Document Type: Article

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