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A prototype scintillator real‐time beam monitor for ultra‐high dose rate radiotherapy

Levin et al., 2024

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15987797223498720683
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Levin D
Friedman P
Ferretti C
Ristow N
Tecchio M
Litzenberg D
Bashkirov V
Schulte R
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Medical physics

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Abstract Background FLASH Radiotherapy (RT) is an emergent cancer RT modality where an entire therapeutic dose is delivered at more than 1000 times higher dose rate than conventional RT. For clinical trials to be conducted safely, a precise and fast beam monitor …
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    • G01T1/16—Measuring radiation intensity
    • G01T1/20—Measuring radiation intensity with scintillation detectors
    • G01T1/2018—Scintillation-photodiode combination
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