Attenuation of diagnostic energy photons by polymer gel dosimeters

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 23, 2002, Pages 4247-4258

  Trapp, J V ^a   Michael, G ^a   de Deene, Y ^a   Baldock, C ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC MONOMERS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; GELS; PHOTONS; PROTEINS;

POLYMER GEL DOSIMETERS;

DOSIMETERS;

ACRYLAMIDE; AMERICIUM 241; GELATIN; MONOMER; N,N' METHYLENEBISACRYLAMIDE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DENSITY; DOSIMETER; IONIZATION; IRRADIATION; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION ENERGY; SPECTROSCOPY; VOLUMETRY;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; GELS; PHOTONS; POLYMERS; RADIOMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037038919     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/47/23/310     Document Type: Article

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