Radiation dose distributions in three dimensions from tomographic optical density scanning of polymer gels: II. Optical properties of the BANG polymer gel

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2705-2717

  Maryanski M J ^a,b   Zastavker, Y Z ^a   Gore, J C ^a,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MGS Research Inc   (United States)

^c Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; GEL; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOMOGRAPHY;

ACRYLAMIDE; ACRYLAMIDES; GELATIN; GELS; HUMANS; NITROGEN; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POLYMERS; RADIATION DOSAGE; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0029801087     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/41/12/010     Document Type: Article

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