Progress towards an alanine/ESR therapy level reference dosimetry service at NPL

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 47, Issue 11-12, 1996, Pages 1171-1175

  Sharpe, P H G ^a   Rajendran, K ^a   Sephton, J P ^a  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETERS; GAMMA RAYS; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

ALANINE DOSIMETERS; ALANINE REFERENCE DOSIMETRY; NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY; QUARTZ HOLDER;

DOSIMETRY;

ALANINE DOSIMETRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOTHERAPY; REFERENCE VALUE;

ALANINE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FREE RADICALS; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; PHOTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 0030293959     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(96)00174-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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