115In as a probe for the characterization of therapy bremsstrahlung beams and the detection of photoneutrons

Medical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 564-569

  Krmar, M ^a   Slivka, J ^a   Bikit, I ^a   Conkic Lj ^a   Rudic A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

^b Institute of Oncology   (Yugoslavia)

Author keywords

115In activation; Bremsstrahlung spectrum; Photoactivation; Photoneutrons

Indexed keywords

NEUTRONS; PHOTONS; PROBES;

BREMSSTRAHLUNG SPECTRUM; FAST NEUTRONS; MEDICAL ACCELERATOR; PHOTO ACTIVATIONS; PHOTON BEAMS; PHOTONEUTRONS; PHOTONUCLEAR REACTION; RADIATION FIELD;

NUCLEAR REACTIONS;

INDIUM; RADIOISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; BREMS RADIATION; COLLIMATOR; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; NEUTRON RADIATION; NUCLEAR REACTOR; PHOTOACTIVATION; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION FIELD; CALIBRATION; FAST NEUTRON RADIATION; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; NEUTRON;

CALIBRATION; FAST NEUTRONS; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; INDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; NEUTRONS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY;

EID: 0032587269     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598558     Document Type: Article

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