Numerical signal treatment for optimized alanine/ESR dosimetry in the therapy-level dose range

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 47, Issue 11-12, 1996, Pages 1263-1268

  Ruckerbauer, F ^a   Sprunck, M ^a   Regulla, D F ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; AMINO ACIDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; IRRADIATION; OPTIMIZATION; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIOTHERAPY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPECTROMETERS;

ALANINE; FOURIER FILTERING; IONIZING RADIATION; RADICALS;

DOSIMETRY;

ALANINE DOSIMETRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOTHERAPY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ALANINE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FREE RADICALS; HUMANS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0030293060     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(96)00161-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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