Absorbed dose measurements of a handheld 50 kVP X-ray source in water with thermoluminescence dosemeters

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 120, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 78-82

  Soares, Christopher ^a   Drupieski, Chris ^b   Wingert, Brian ^b   Pritchett, Garey ^b   Pagonis, Vasilis ^b   O'Brien, Michelle ^a   Sliski, Alan ^c   Bilski, Pawel ^d   Olko, Pawel ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MCDANIEL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Boston Science   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT 60; COPPER; LITHIUM FLUORIDE; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHORUS; TITANIUM; WATER;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; PHANTOM; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; TELETHERAPY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; X RAY;

BODY BURDEN; CALIBRATION; HUMANS; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY; WATER; X-RAYS;

EID: 33749848116     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci622     Document Type: Article

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