Fourier transform Raman spectroscopy of polyacrylamide gels (PAGs) for radiation dosimetry

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3617-3627

  Baldock, C ^a   Rintoul, L ^a   Keevil, S F ^b   Pope, J M ^a   George, G A ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; IONIZING RADIATION; POLYMERIZATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY;

ACRYLIC RESINS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FOURIER ANALYSIS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

EID: 0031765386     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/43/12/017     Document Type: Article

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