• DocumentCode
    1741149
  • Title

    Important issues regarding diode performance in radiation therapy applications

  • Author

    Shi, Jie ; Simon, William E. ; Ding, Li ; Saini, Daljit

  • Author_Institution
    Sun Nucl. Corp., Melbourne, FL, USA
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    2000
  • Firstpage
    1710
  • Abstract
    Diode detectors have found wide applications in radiation therapy due to their high spatial resolution, high sensitivity and ruggedness. Some of their limitations have been discussed in publications, such as sensitivity degradation with radiation, SSD and field size dependence. This paper addresses some important issues that may not be well recognized-diode impedance, directional dependence, accumulated dose effects
  • Keywords
    biomedical equipment; dosimetry; radiation therapy; silicon radiation detectors; accumulated dose effects; diode detectors; diode impedance; diode performance; directional dependence; high sensitivity; high spatial resolution; radiation therapy; ruggedness; Biomedical applications of radiation; Diodes; Envelope detectors; Imaging phantoms; Impedance; Leakage current; Particle beams; Temperature dependence; Testing; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2000. Proceedings of the 22nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Chicago, IL
  • ISSN
    1094-687X
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-6465-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IEMBS.2000.900410
  • Filename
    900410