Development, beam characterization and chromosomal effectiveness of X-rays of RBC characteristic X-ray generator

Journal of Radiation Research

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 103-112

  Endo, Satoru ^a   Hoshi, Masaharu ^a   Takada, Jun ^a   Takatsuji, Toshihiro ^b   Ejima, Yosuke ^c   Saigusa, Shin ^d   Tachibana, Akira ^e   Sasaki, Masao S ^e  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Hiroshima Prefectural Coll Hlth Sci   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^e KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Characteristic X rays; Chromosome aberrations; RBE; Ultrasoft X rays

Indexed keywords

GAMMA RAYS; PHOTONS;

BEAM CHARACTERIZATION; CHARACTERISTIC X-RAY; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; ENERGY DEPENDENCY; HOT-FILAMENT; PHOTON ENERGY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; ULTRASOFT X-RAY; X RAY GENERATORS;

CHROMOSOMES;

EID: 33745822054     PISSN: 04493060     EISSN: 13499157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1269/jrr.47.103     Document Type: Article

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