Quenching correction for volumetric scintillation dosimetry of proton beams

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 261-273

  Robertson, Daniel ^a,b   Mirkovic, Dragan ^a,b   Sahoo, Narayan ^a,b   Beddar, Sam ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FORMULAS; ANALYTICAL METHOD; BEAM ENERGIES; BRAGG PEAKS; CENTRAL AXIS; CORRECTION METHOD; CORRECTION MODELS; DETECTOR SIZE; EMPIRICAL PARAMETERS; HIGH LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFERS; HIGH RESOLUTION; LEAST SQUARES FIT; LET DISTRIBUTION; LIGHT DISTRIBUTION; LIQUID SCINTILLATOR; LIQUID SCINTILLATOR DETECTORS; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO MODEL; NON-LINEAR RESPONSE; PENCIL BEAM; PIXEL SIZE; PROTON BRAGG PEAK; QUENCHING MODEL; SCINTILLATION LIGHT; THREE DIMENSIONAL RADIATION;

DOSIMETRY; LIQUIDS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROTON BEAMS; PROTONS; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

QUENCHING;

ARTICLE; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROTON THERAPY; RADIOMETRY; SCINTILLATION COUNTING;

LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROTON THERAPY; RADIOMETRY; SCINTILLATION COUNTING;

EID: 84871557951     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/58/2/261     Document Type: Article

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