Multiple-site fast exchange model for spin-lattice relaxation in the Fricke-gelatin dosimeter

Medical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 201-209

  Audet, C ^a,b   Schreiner, L J ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

dosimetry; ferrous sulfate (Fricke) gels; NMR

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; IONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SPIN-LATTICE RELAXATION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SULFUR DETERMINATION; SULFURIC ACID;

ACID CONCENTRATIONS; DOSE DEPENDENCES; DOSE-RESPONSE MODELING; EXCHANGE MODELS; FERROUS SULFATE; PHYSICAL QUANTITIES; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SPIN LATTICE RELAXATION RATES;

ION EXCHANGE;

FERROUS SULFATE; GELATIN;

ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031051642     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597926     Document Type: Article

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