Direct determination of kerma for a d(48.5) + Be therapy beam

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3449-3457

  Binns, P J ^a,c   DeLuca Jr , P M ^a   Maughan, R L ^b   Kota, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b HARPER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL ACCELERATOR CENTRE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHITE; PLASTIC; ZIRCONIUM; ZIRCONIUM OXIDE;

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; DOSIMETRY; FILTRATION; IONIZATION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE;

CARBON; DEUTERIUM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; OXYGEN; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PLASTICS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 0031736186     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/43/12/004     Document Type: Article

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