On measuring the output of an IORT mobile dedicated accelerator

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 120, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 221-225

  De Angelis, Cinzia ^a   Soriani, A ^b   Benassi, M ^b   Onori, S ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE;

ALANINE DOSIMETRY; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTRON ACCELERATOR; ELECTRON BEAM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; ITALY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT;

EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33749839275     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci621     Document Type: Article

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