Clinical in vivo dosimetry using optical
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Stephan Gripp; Friedrich-Wolfgang Haesing; Harald Bueker; Gerd Schmitt
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Article
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1998
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Discoloring of glass due to ionizing radiation depends on the absorbed dose. The radiation-induced light attenuation in optical fibers may be used as a measure of the dose. In high-energy photon beams (6 MV X rays), a lead-doped silica fiber can be calibrated. A dosimeter based on an optical fiber w