Uncertainties in alanine dosimetry in the therapeutic dose range

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 917-929

  Nagy, Vitaly ^a   Sholom, Sergey V ^b   Chumak, Vadim V ^b   Desrosiers, Marc F ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b STATE INSTITUTION NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR RADIATION MEDICINE OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES OF UKRAINE   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Alanine; Electron paramagnetic resonance; Electron spin resonance; Monte Carlo simulation; Orthogonal regression; Transfer dosimetry

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSIMETERS; IRRADIATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ALANINE DOSIMETRY; THERAPEUTIC DOSES;

DOSIMETRY;

ALANINE DOSIMETRY; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CALIBRATION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; EVALUATION; IRRADIATION; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIMULATION;

ALANINE; CALIBRATION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0036091691     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(01)00271-8     Document Type: Article

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