Uncertainties in alanine/ESR dosimetry at the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 5419-5440

  Anton, Mathias ^a  

^a PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASUREMENT THEORY; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROBES; RADIOTHERAPY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

HIGH-ENERGY ELECTRONS; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY (IMRT); IRRADIATED ALANINE PROBES;

DOSIMETRY;

ALANINE; COBALT 60;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COBALT THERAPY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; IONIZING RADIATION; MOLECULAR PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE;

ALANINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION, IONIZING; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; UNCERTAINTY; WATER; X-RAYS;

EID: 33751166576     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/21/003     Document Type: Article

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