A novel 210Po-based α-particle irradiator for radiobiological experiments with retrospective α-particle hit per cell determination

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 125-130

  Søyland, Christina ^a   Hassfjell, Sindre P ^b  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLONIUM; RADON; ISOTOPE;

ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DOSIMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; RADIOBIOLOGY; INSTRUMENTATION; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; METABOLISM; MICROSCOPY; RADIOMETRY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CALIBRATION; ISOTOPES; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; POLONIUM; RADIOMETRY; RADON;

EID: 0034199329     PISSN: 0301634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004110000050     Document Type: Article

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