Alanine EPR dosimeter response in proton therapy beams

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 47, Issue 11-12, 1996, Pages 1197-1199

  Gall, K ^a   Desrosiers, M ^b   Bensen, D ^b   Serago, C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETERS; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; IRRADIATION; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROTONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIOTHERAPY;

ALANINE DOSIMETER; DIFFERENTIAL ENERGY RESPONSE; PROTON RADIATION THERAPY BEAMS;

DOSIMETRY;

ALANINE DOSIMETRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FAST PROTON RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOTHERAPY;

ALANINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; EVALUATION STUDIES; FREE RADICALS; HUMANS; PROTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY;

EID: 0030293086     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(96)00201-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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