Comparison of the new MOSkin detector and fiber optic dosimetry system for radiotherapy

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue , 2008, Pages 518-521

  Kwan, Ian ^a   Lee, Bongsoo ^b   Yoo, Wook Jae ^b   Cho, Donghyun ^b   Jang, Kyoungwon ^b   Shin, Sanghun ^b   Carolan, Martin ^c   Lerch, Michael ^a   Perevertaylo, Vladimir ^d   Rosenfeld, Anatoly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^c WOLLONGONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d SPA BIT ^*  (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Attix chamber; Depth dose; Fiber optic dosimetry; MOSFET detector; Scintillator

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; FIBERS; IONIZATION; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; PHOSPHORS; RADIATION DECONTAMINATION; RADIOTHERAPY; SCINTILLATION; TISSUE;

ATTIX CHAMBER; DEPTH DOSE; DEPTH DOSE MEASUREMENTS; MOSFET DETECTORS; REAL-TIME DOSIMETRY; SCINTILLATING CRYSTALS; SCINTILLATING FIBER; SENSITIVE VOLUME;

FIBER OPTICS;

EID: 84912012175     PISSN: 00223131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223131.2008.10875905     Document Type: Conference Paper

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