Radiation dose measurements with alanine/agarose gel and thin alanine films around a 192Ir brachytherapy source, using ESR spectroscopy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1333-1356

  Olsson, S ^a   Bergstrand, E S ^b   Carlsson, A K ^c   Hole, E O ^b   Lund, E ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; THIN FILMS;

ION CHAMBERS;

DOSIMETRY;

AGAROSE; ALANINE; IRIDIUM 192; TUNGSTEN;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FILM; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION APPLICATOR; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; VAGINA;

EID: 0037149982     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/47/8/308     Document Type: Review

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