The small-animal radiation research platform (SARRP): Dosimetry of a focused lens system

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Deng, Hua ^a   Kennedy, Christopher W ^a   Armour, Elwood ^a   Tryggestad, Erik ^a   Ford, Eric ^a   McNutt, Todd ^a   Jiang, Licai ^b   Wong, John ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Osmic Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; FULL WIDTH AT HALF MAXIMUM; LIGHT SOURCES; METRIC SYSTEM; X RAY TUBES;

ANIMAL RADIATION PLATFORM; SMALL-ANIMAL RADIATION RESEARCH PLATFORM (SARRP; SOURCE-TO-SURFACE DISTANCE; X-RAY LENS SUBSYSTEM;

LENSES;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EQUIPMENT; X RAY LENS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; MOUSE; RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE; X RAY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION; ANIMALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MICE; RADIATION; RADIATION DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; X-RAYS;

EID: 34248155254     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/10/007     Document Type: Article

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