A dosimetry intercomparison between ESTRO-EQUAL and ISS in the framework of a radiotherapy quality assurance programme in Italy

Physica Medica

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 217-222

  Onori, Sandro ^a   De Angelis, C ^a   Fattibene, P ^a   Bridier, A ^b   Ferreira, I H ^b  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

Author keywords

Alanine EPR; Dosimetry intercomparison; Quality Assurance network; TLD

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; COBALT 60; WATER;

ALANINE DOSIMETRY; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; CALIBRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; EVALUATION; GAMMA RADIATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; IRRADIATION; ITALY; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL AUDIT; ORGANIZATION; PHANTOM; PHOTON; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIOTHERAPY; REFERENCE VALUE; SPECTROMETER; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY;

EID: 0242385609     PISSN: 11201797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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