Comparison of dosimetry recommendations for clinical proton beams

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 3195-3211

  Medin, Joakim ^a,d   Andreo, Pedro ^b   Vynckier, Stefaan ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^c CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^d Swiss Federal Office of Metrology   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DOSIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION HAZARD;

EID: 0033778038     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/45/11/306     Document Type: Article

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