Solid state microdosimetry in hadron therapy

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 101, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 431-434

  Rosenfeld, A B ^a   Bradley, P D ^a   Cornelius, I ^a   Allen, B J ^a,b   Zaider, M ^c   Maughan, R L ^d   Yanch, J C ^e   Coderre, J ^e   Flanz, J B ^f   Kobayashi, T ^g   Horowitz, Y S ^h   Oster, L ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM; BORON; RADIOISOTOPE; SILICON;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAST NEUTRON RADIATION; MICRODOSIMETRY; NEUTRON; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIOTHERAPY; SOLID STATE; SYNOVECTOMY;

EID: 0036387876     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a006019     Document Type: Article

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