Response characterization of ammonium tartrate solid state pellets for ESR dosimetry with radiotherapeutic photon and electron beams

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 461-471

  Bartolotta, A ^a   D'Oca, M C ^a   Brai, M ^a   Caputo, V ^b   De Caro, V ^a   Giannola, L I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b Servizio di Fisica Sanitaria   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; COBALT 60; TARTARIC ACID DERIVATIVE; FREE RADICAL; MICROSPHERE; TARTARIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAM; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; GAMMA RADIATION; IONIZING RADIATION; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID STATE; X RAY; BIOPHYSICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; ELECTRON; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOMETRY; STATISTICS;

BIOPHYSICS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRONS; FREE RADICALS; HUMANS; MICROSPHERES; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TARTRATES;

EID: 0034746152     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/46/2/313     Document Type: Article

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