Determination of a calibration factor for the nondestructive assay of guidant 32P brachytherapy sources

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 835-841

  Colle R ^a   Zimmerman, B E ^a   Soares, C G ^a   Coursey, B M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSAYS; CALIBRATION; DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PHOSPHORUS; TITANIUM ALLOYS;

BRACHYTHERAPY SOURCES;

RADIOISOTOPES;

PHOSPHORUS 32;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALIBRATION; HEART DISEASE; IONIZATION CHAMBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CALIBRATION; CORONARY DISEASE; HUMANS; NICKEL; PHOSPHORUS RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TITANIUM;

EID: 0033136795     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(98)00166-3     Document Type: Article

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