In vivo dosimetry using electron paramagnetic resonance in L-alanine in gynecological low dose rate brachytherapy

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Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 560-563

  Schultka, Katarzyna ^a   Ciesielskil, Bartłomiej ^a   Serkies, Krystyna ^a   Wysocka, Barbara ^a   Sawicki, Tomasz ^a   Tarnawska, Zofia ^a   Jassem, Jacek ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

137Cs; Alanine; Brachytherapy; Dosimetry; EPR

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; CESIUM; CESIUM 137; FREE RADICAL;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 12544250032     PISSN: 0029540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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