Dosimetry of blood irradiation with radiochromic film

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 205-208

  Butson, M J ^a,b,c   Yu, P K N ^a   Cheung, T ^a   Carolan, M G ^b   Quach, K Y ^b   Arnold, A ^b   Metcalfe, P E ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Illawarra Cancer Care Centre   (Australia)

^c Department of Medical Physics ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood products; Dosimetry; Gafchromic; Graft vs. host disease; Radiochromic film

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; X RAY FILM;

BLOOD; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HUMANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; X-RAY FILM;

EID: 0033199991     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3148.1999.00200.x     Document Type: Article

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