Calibration of a TLD-100 powder dosimetric system to verify the absorbed dose to water imparted by 137Cs sources in low dose rate brachytherapy at the oncology unit in the Hospital General de Mexico

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 120, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 95-99

  Alvarez Romero J T ^a   Tovar Munoz V M ^a   de León, B Salinas ^a   Oviedo, J O Hernández ^b   Barcenas, L Santillán ^b   Milo, C Molero ^b   Monterrubio, J Montoya ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES NUCLEARES   (Mexico)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; WATER;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALIBRATION; DOSE RESPONSE; IONIZATION CHAMBER; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MEXICO; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION DOSE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY;

BODY BURDEN; BRACHYTHERAPY; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; MEXICO; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; REFERENCE VALUES; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY; WATER;

EID: 33749870939     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci629     Document Type: Article

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