Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Letter › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Letter › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Photon radiation testing of commercially available off-the-shelf microcontroller devices
AU - Bandala, Manuel
AU - Joyce, Malcolm
PY - 2012/3/10
Y1 - 2012/3/10
N2 - The results of photon radiation testing of various microcontroller devices is described. This was testing was useful to select the microcontroller in a 6DOF MEMS-based INS. This systems is being developed for the in-vivo monitoring of tumour position during clinical radiotherapy treatments. This application requires a radiation-tolerant processor in order to perform appropriately in a radiotherapy environment. A phantom has been built to replicate the working conditions that the microcontroller devices are required to endure. Each time, a number of identical microcontroller devices have been exposed, in 5turn, to X-ray doses in excess of 50 Gy from a clinical radiotherapy LINAC.
AB - The results of photon radiation testing of various microcontroller devices is described. This was testing was useful to select the microcontroller in a 6DOF MEMS-based INS. This systems is being developed for the in-vivo monitoring of tumour position during clinical radiotherapy treatments. This application requires a radiation-tolerant processor in order to perform appropriately in a radiotherapy environment. A phantom has been built to replicate the working conditions that the microcontroller devices are required to endure. Each time, a number of identical microcontroller devices have been exposed, in 5turn, to X-ray doses in excess of 50 Gy from a clinical radiotherapy LINAC.
KW - Respiratory phantom
KW - mechatronic system
KW - microcontroller chip
KW - radiation tolerance
KW - radiotherapy
U2 - 10.1587/elex.9.397
DO - 10.1587/elex.9.397
M3 - Letter
VL - 9
SP - 397
EP - 402
JO - IEICE Electronics Express
JF - IEICE Electronics Express
IS - 5
ER -