Tissue equivalence correction for silicon microdosimetry detectors in boron neutron capture therapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2220-2225

  Bradley, P D ^a   Rosenfeld, A B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

BNCT; Microdosimetry; Tissue equivalence

Indexed keywords

BORON; DEPOSITION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; SILICON; SILICON DETECTORS;

BNCT; BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; ENERGY RELATIONSHIPS; GEOMETRICAL SCALING; MICRO-DOSIMETRY; MONTE CARLO TECHNIQUES; SILICON P-N JUNCTIONS; TISSUE EQUIVALENCE;

TISSUE;

SILICON;

ARTICLE; BIOEQUIVALENCE; DEVICE; DOSIMETRY; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DOSE; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0031769698     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598421     Document Type: Article

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