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Current status of scintillation dosimetry for megavoltage beams

Beaulieu et al., 2013

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14847672051193607118
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Beaulieu L
Goulet M
Archambault L
Beddar S
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Journal of Physics: Conference Series

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Plastic scintillation dosimeters (PSD) have been a topic of a keen research interest for the past 20 years. Numerous PSD systems have been proposed, most times differentiating from the previous by a slight change in one or more components, such as the photodetector …
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