Sensitivity variation of doped Fricke gel irradiated with monochromatic synchrotron X rays between 33.5 and 80 keV

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 425-431

  Corde, Stéphanie ^a   Adam, Jean François ^a   Biston, Marie Claude ^a   Joubert, Aurélie ^a   Charvet, Anne Marie ^a   Estève, François ^a,b   Le Bas, Jean François ^a,b   Elleaume, Hélène ^a   Balosso, Jacques ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; BARIUM SULFATE; IODINE;

ARTICLE; ATOM; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; GEL; IRRADIATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION ENERGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYNCHROTRON; X RAY;

BARIUM SULFATE; CALIBRATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; GELS; IONS; IOTHALAMIC ACID; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NEOPLASMS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SYNCHROTRONS; X-RAYS;

EID: 33646271147     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci313     Document Type: Article

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