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A real time scintillating fiber dosimeter for gamma and neutron monitoring on radiotherapy accelerators

Bartesaghi et al., 2007

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5730565956142740355
Author
Bartesaghi G
Conti V
Prest M
Mascagna V
Scazzi S
Cappelletti P
Frigerio M
Gelosa S
Monti A
Ostinelli A
Mozzanica A
Bevilacqua R
Giannini G
Totaro P
Vallazza E
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Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

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The quality of the radiotherapic treatment depends strongly on the capability to measure the dose released in the treated volume and the one absorbed by the surrounding volumes, which is mainly due to the scattered radiation produced by the primary beam interaction with …
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