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Rapid two-dimensional dose measurement in brachytherapy using plastic scintillator sheet: linearity, signal-to-noise ratio, and energy response characteristics

Perera et al., 1992

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14939204555006435278
Author
Perera H
Williamson J
Monthofer S
Binns W
Klarmann J
Fuller G
Wong J
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International Journal of Radiation Oncology* Biology* Physics

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Because of the large dose gradients encountered near brachytherapy sources, an efficient, accurate, low-atomic number areal detector, which can record dose at many points simultaneously, is highly desirable. We have developed a prototype of such a system using …
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