Quality control system for blood irradiation using a teletherapy unit

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 105-110

  De Góes, Evamberto Garcia ^a,b   Covas, D T ^a,c   Haddad, R ^a   Pela C A ^c   Formigoni, C E ^c   Borges, J C ^d  

^a FUNDHERP   (Brazil)

^b CENTRO UNIVERSITÁRIO FRANCISCANO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d PAULISTA UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blood; Graft vs. host disease; Irradiation; Quality control

Indexed keywords

POLYSTYRENE; THROMBOCYTE CONCENTRATE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD COMPONENT THERAPY; BLOOD STORAGE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; ERYTHROCYTE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEMATOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOTHERAPY; TELETHERAPY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER;

BLOOD; BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD PRESERVATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOISOTOPE TELETHERAPY; RADIOMETRY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 1842419468     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0042-9007.2004.00400.x     Document Type: Article

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