Commissioning of optically stimulated luminescence dosimeters for use in radiotherapy

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 51-52, Issue , 2013, Pages 31-39

  Dunn, Leon ^a   Lye, Jessica ^a   Kenny, John ^a   Lehmann, Joerg ^a   Williams, Ivan ^a   Kron, Tomas ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN RADIATION PROTECTION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AGENCY   (Australia)

^b PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Audit; Commissioning; Luminescence dosimetry; Optically stimulated luminescence dosimiters; OSLD; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMORPHIC PHANTOMS; AUDIT; AUSTRALIAN RADIATION PROTECTION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AGENCIES; COMMISSIONING; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE DOSIMETERS; OSLD; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER;

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; DOSIMETERS; ELECTRON BEAMS; LUMINESCENCE; MANAGEMENT; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOTHERAPY; REUSABILITY;

DOSIMETRY;

EID: 84877722906     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2013.01.012     Document Type: Article

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