Temperature variations as a source of uncertainty in medical fiber-coupled organic plastic scintillator dosimetry

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 56, Issue , 2013, Pages 307-311

  Buranurak, S ^a   Andersen, C E ^a   Beierholm, A R ^a   Lindvold, L R ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Optical fiber; Scintillator; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL MEASUREMENTS; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; INCREASING TEMPERATURES; PLASTIC SCINTILLATOR; SCINTILLATING FIBER; TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT; TEMPERATURE VARIATION; UNCERTAINTY;

DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION; LIGHT; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHOSPHORS; RADIOTHERAPY; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; TEMPERATURE;

FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS;

EID: 84884905203     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2013.01.049     Document Type: Article

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