Use of commercial alanine and TL dosemeters for dosimetry intercomparisons among Italian radiotherapy centres

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 120, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 226-229

  Onori, Sandro ^a   Bortolin, E ^a   Calicchia, A ^a   Carosi, A ^a   De Angelis, C ^a   Grande, S ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE;

ALANINE DOSIMETRY; ARTICLE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ITALY; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTION; MICROPROCESSOR; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOSENSITIVITY; RADIOTHERAPY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY;

ALANINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; ITALY; MATERIALS TESTING; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY;

EID: 33749832033     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci632     Document Type: Article

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