Dosimetric characterization of the irradiation cavity for accelerator-based in vivo neutron activation analysis

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1693-1703

  Byun, S H ^a   Pejovic Milic A ^a,b   McMaster, S ^a   Matysiak, W ^a   Aslam, ^a   Liu, Z ^a   Watters, L M ^a   Prestwich, W V ^a   McNeill, F E ^a   Chettle, D R ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RAYS; NEUTRON IRRADIATION APPARATUS; NEUTRON SPECTROMETERS; OPTIMIZATION; SPECIFICATIONS;

DOSE RATE; HAND ACCESS HOLE; MICRODOSIMETRIC TECHNIQUE; RADIATION FIELD;

NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON ACCELERATOR; GAMMA RADIATION; HAND; IN VIVO STUDY; MICRODOSIMETRY; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; NEUTRON RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOBIOLOGY;

GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; NEUTRONS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 34247469915     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/6/010     Document Type: Article

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