Proton dose monitoring with PET: Quantitative studies in Lucite

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 177-196

  Oelfke, U ^a,b   Lam, G K Y ^a,b   Atkins, M S ^a,c  

^a TRIUMF   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CARBON; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; COLLOIDS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; METHYLMETHACRYLATE; METHYLMETHACRYLATES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITROGEN RADIOISOTOPES; OXYGEN; OXYGEN RADIOISOTOPES; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0030025292     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/41/1/013     Document Type: Article

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