Development of novel whole-body exposure setups for rats providing high efficiency, National Toxicology Program (NTP) compatibility and well-characterized exposure

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 5211-5229

  Kainz, Wolfgang ^a   Nikoloski, Neviana ^b   Oesch, Walter ^b   Berdĩas Torres, Veronica ^b   Fröhlich, Jürg ^b   Neubauer, Georg ^c   Kuster, Niels ^b  

^a CENTER FOR DEVICES AND RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN SOCIETY IT IS   (Switzerland)

^c ARC SEIBERSDORF RESEARCH GMBH   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA MONITORING; DATA STORING; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE (GLP); WHOLE BODY EXPOSURE SETUPS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COSTS; MONITORING; POLYCARBONATES;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

GOLD; POLYCARBONATE; STAINLESS STEEL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; DOSIMETRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RAT;

ANIMALS; BODY BURDEN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RATS; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; RESEARCH; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

EID: 33749613510     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/20/009     Document Type: Article

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