Measurement of the tissue to A-150 tissue equivalent plastic kerma ratio at two p(66)Be neutron therapy facilities

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1345-1359

  Langen, K M ^a   Binns, P J ^a,d   Schreuder, A N ^a,e   Lennox, A J ^b   Deluca Jr , P M ^c  

^a iThemba LABS   (South Korea)

^b FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; PARTICLE BEAMS; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

PLASTIC KERMA RATIO;

TISSUE;

CARBON; PLASTIC; ZIRCONIUM; ZIRCONIUM OXIDE;

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FILTER; GAS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; THEORY; TISSUE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038458988     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/48/10/308     Document Type: Article

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