A solid-state intraoperative beta probe system

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 47, Issue 4 PART 3, 2000, Pages 1696-1703

  Raylman, Raymond R ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Beta probes; Radiation detectors; Radionuclideguided surgery

Indexed keywords

ION IMPLANTATION; ONCOLOGY; PHOTONS; POSITRONS; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOTHERAPY; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON;

INTRAOPERATIVE BETA PROBE SYSTEMS; SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS;

RADIATION DETECTORS;

EID: 0034245101     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.870863     Document Type: Article

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