Performance of silicon microdosimetry detectors in boron neutron capture therapy

Radiation Research

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 235-243

  Bradley, Peter D ^a   Rosenfeld, Anatoly B ^a   Allen, Barry ^b   Coderre, Jeffrey ^c   Capala, Jacek ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON; RADIOISOTOPE; SILICON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URANIUM 235;

ARTICLE; DIODE; DOSIMETER; HEAVY ION RADIATION; MICRODOSIMETRY; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION;

EID: 0032976612     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3579934     Document Type: Article

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