A position-sensitive superheated emulsion chamber for three-dimensional photon dosimetry

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1147-1158

  D'Errico, Francesco ^a   Nath, Ravinder ^a   Lamba, Michael ^b   Holland, Scott K ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMULSIFYING AGENT; IODINE 125; MONOCHLOROPENTAFLUOROETHANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DOSIMETRY; EMULSION; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIGHT SCATTERING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNICAL AID; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS, METHANE; EMULSIONS; GAMMA RAYS; GELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; VISCOSITY; X-RAYS;

EID: 0031925243     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/43/5/007     Document Type: Article

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