Proton response of alanine based pellets and films

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 47, Issue 11-12, 1996, Pages 1201-1204

  Onori, S ^a   D'Errico, F ^b   De Angelis, C ^a   Egger, E ^c   Fattibene, P ^a   Janovsky, I ^d  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d NUCLEAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; FILMS; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; IRRADIATION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; PARTICLE BEAMS; PERFORMANCE; PROTONS;

ALANINE; MARKUS PARALLEL PLATE IONIZATION CHAMBER; PRISTINE BEAMS; PROTON RESPONSE; TISSUE EQUIVALENCE PROPERTIES;

RADIATION EFFECTS;

ALANINE DOSIMETRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAST PROTON RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 0030294758     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(96)00211-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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