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A multi channel dosimeter based on scintillating fibers for medical applications

Becks et al., 2000

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9364315583266696170
Author
Becks K
Drees J
Goldmann K
Gregor I
Heintz M
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Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

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Dosimetry with plastic scintillators is an interesting alternative for the measurement of the absorbed dose. A scintillator does barely disturb the radiation field due to its mass absorption coefficients which is water-equivalent in a wide range of energies. Furthermore …
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    • G01T1/20—Measuring radiation intensity with scintillation detectors
    • G01T1/2018—Scintillation-photodiode combination
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    • G01T1/161—Application in the field of nuclear medicine, e.g. in vivo counting
    • G01T1/164—Scintigraphy
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