Wide dynamic dose range of VIPAR polymer gel dosimetry

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 2143-2159

  Kipouros, P ^a   Pappas, E ^a,b   Baras, P ^a   Hatzipanayoti, D ^a   Karaiskos, P ^a,c   Sakelliou, L ^a   Sandilos, P ^c,d   Seimenis, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Regional Anticancer Oncology Hospital of Athens 'St Savvas'   (Greece)

^c HYGEIA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DOSIMETRY; DRUG DOSAGE; GELS; IRRADIATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

DYNAMIC DOSE RANGE;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

1 VINYL 2 PYRROLIDINONE; ARGON; IRIDIUM 192; POLYMER;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALCULATION; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; DYNAMICS; ENERGY; GEL; IRRADIATION; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; LINEAR SYSTEM; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; X RAY;

ALGORITHMS; ARGON; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALIBRATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; IRIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; POLYVINYLS;

EID: 0034884852     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/46/8/308     Document Type: Article

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