Characterization of a synthetic single crystal diamond Schottky diode for radiotherapy electron beam dosimetry

Medical Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Di Venanzio, C ^a   Marinelli, Marco ^a   Milani, E ^a   Prestopino, G ^a   Verona, C ^a   Verona Rinati, G ^a   Falco, M D ^b   Bagala P ^b   Santoni, R ^b   Pimpinella, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b TOR VERGATA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

electron beam dosimetry; synthetic diamond detector

Indexed keywords

DIODES; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRONS; IONIZATION; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; SILICON DETECTORS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BEAM PROFILE MEASUREMENTS; CLINICAL ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON BEAM DOSIMETRY; EXPERIMENTAL UNCERTAINTY; OUTPUT FACTOR MEASUREMENTS; PLANE PARALLEL IONIZATION CHAMBER; SINGLE CRYSTAL DIAMOND; SYNTHETIC SINGLE CRYSTALS;

SYNTHETIC DIAMONDS;

DIAMOND;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAM; ELECTRON THERAPY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; SINGLE CRYSTAL DIAMOND DETECTOR; SOLID STATE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON; EQUIPMENT; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY;

DIAMOND; ELECTRODES; ELECTRONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 84873594907     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4774360     Document Type: Article

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