Dose distribution of proton beams with NMR measurements of Fricke- agarose gels

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 489-495

  Di Capua, Stefano ^a,b,c   D'Errico, Francesco ^a,b,c   Egger, Emmanuel ^a,b,c   Guidoni, Laura ^a,b,c   Luciani, Anna Maria ^a,b,c   Rosi, Antonella ^a,b,c   Viti, Vincenza ^a,b,c  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b Dipto Costruzioni Meccaniche N   (Italy)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fricke agarose; NMR dosimetry; Proton beams

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; IONIZING RADIATION; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSENSITIVITY;

FERROUS COMPOUNDS; GELS; HUMANS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; SEPHAROSE; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 0030877289     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0730-725X(96)00380-3     Document Type: Article

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