External audits of electron beams using mailed TLD dosimetry: Preliminary results

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 163-168

  Gomola, Igor ^a   Van Dam, Jan ^a   Isern Verdum, Josep ^b   Verstraete, Jan ^a   Reymen, Rita ^a   Dutreix, Andrée ^a   Davis, Bernard ^c   Huyskens, Dominique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Electron beams; External audits; Mailed dosimetry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; ELECTRON BEAM; EUROPE; GOVERNMENT; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOTHERAPY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY;

COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; EUROPE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; POSTAL SERVICE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY;

EID: 0035252644     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(00)00265-6     Document Type: Article

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