Investigation of tetrakis hydroxymethyl phosphonium chloride as an antioxidant for use in x-ray computed tomography polyacrylamide gel dosimetry

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1891-1906

  Jirasek, A ^a   Hilts, M ^b   Shaw, C ^a   Baxter, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE MINERALS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CROSSLINKING; DOSIMETRY; GELS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL (PAGAT); TETRAKIS (HYDROXYMETHYL) PHOSPHONIUM CHLORIDE (THPC); X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ANTIOXIDANTS;

ANTIOXIDANT; DEIONIZED WATER; GELATIN; PHOSPHONIUM DERIVATIVE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; SCAVENGER; TETRAKIS(HYDROXYMETHYL)PHOSPHONIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ANOXIA; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROSS LINKING; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; IRRADIATION; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ACRYLIC RESINS; ANTIOXIDANTS; GELATIN; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN; RADIOMETRY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WATER;

EID: 33645295544     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/7/018     Document Type: Article

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