An optically stimulated luminescence dosimeter for measuring patient exposure from imaging guidance procedures

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 5885-5897

  Ding, George X ^a,b   Malcolm, Arnold W ^a  

^a VANDERBILT INGRAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION FACTORS; CALIBRATION LABORATORIES; EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; IMAGE-GUIDED RADIATION THERAPY; MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE DOSIMETERS; X-RAY BEAM QUALITIES;

CALIBRATION; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; LUMINESCENCE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; LUMINESCENCE; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOMETRY; SKIN; ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; RADIATION RESPONSE;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OPTICAL PROCESSES; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY, IMAGE-GUIDED; SKIN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84883149706     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/58/17/5885     Document Type: Article

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