QUADOS intercomparison: A summary of photon and charged particle problems

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 115, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 587-599

  Gualdrini, G ^a   Agosteo, S ^b   Menard S ^c   Price, R A ^d   Chartier, J L ^c   Grosswendt B ^e   Kodeli, I ^f   Leuthold, G P ^g   Siebert, B R L ^e   Tagziria, H ^h   Tanner, R J ⁱ   Terrissol, M ^j   Zankl, M ^g  

^a ENEA   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^f OECD   (France)

^g INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^h JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

ⁱ PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GERMANIUM; PROTON;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DOSIMETRY; NEUTRON; ORGANIZATION; PHOTON; PROTON THERAPY; PROTON TRANSPORT; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION PHYSICS; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION SCATTERING;

ALGORITHMS; EUROPEAN UNION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHOTONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION, IONIZING; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE VALIDATION;

EID: 30844433935     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci197     Document Type: Article

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