A comparison of the TLD-100 response to 60Co beam and 62 MeV protons

Physica Medica

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 71-77

  Bucciolini, M ^a,b   Cuttone, G ^c   Egger, E ^d   Guasti, A ^e   Mazzocchi, S ^a,b   Raffaele, L ^c,f   Sabini, M G ^c,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI FIRENZE   (Italy)

^c INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DEL SUD   (Italy)

^d PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^e CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f Policlinico di Catania   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Proton Dosimetry; Protontherapy; Supralinearity; TLD 100

Indexed keywords

COBALT 60;

ARTICLE; COBALT THERAPY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETER; PHOTON; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY;

EID: 0032799786     PISSN: 11201797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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