Wall effects observed in tissue-equivalent proportional counters from 1.05 GeV/nucleon iron-56 particles

Radiation Research

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 387-395

  Rademacher, S E ^a   Borak, T B ^a   Zeitlin, C ^b   Heilbronn, L ^b   Miller, J ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON;

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; DOSIMETRY; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; PARTICLE RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL COUNTER; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; VOLUMETRY;

NASA DISCIPLINE RADIATION HEALTH; NON-NASA CENTER;

GASES; IRON RADIOISOTOPES; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; RADIOCHEMISTRY; RADIOMETRY; SILICON; SYNCHROTRONS;

EID: 0031922150     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3579702     Document Type: Article

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