Non-invasive determination of the irradiation dose in fingers using low-frequency EPR

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 2891-2898

  Zdravkova, M ^a   Crokart, N ^a   Trompier, F ^b   Beghein, N ^a   Gallez, B ^a   Debuyst, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROWAVES; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RESONATORS; TISSUE;

AMPUTATION; DETECTION LIMITS; X-BAND ELECTRON PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE (EPR) SPECTROSCOPY;

DOSIMETRY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FINGER INJURY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOW FREQUENCY NOISE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; WATER ABSORPTION;

ANIMALS; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTROMAGNETICS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FINGERS; HUMANS; PAPIO; RADIOMETRY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; X-RAYS;

EID: 3442878490     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/49/13/009     Document Type: Article

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