X-ray CT dose in normoxic polyacrylamide gel dosimetry

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1934-1943

  Baxter, P ^a   Jirasek, A ^a   Hilts, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Polyacrylamide; Polymer gel dosimetry; X ray CT dose; X ray imaging

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; PHOTONS; POLYACRYLATES;

CURRENT LIMITS; IMAGING PROCESS; IMAGING PROTOCOL; POLYACRYLAMIDE GELS; POLYMER GEL DOSIMETRY; VOLUMETRIC IMAGING; X-RAY CT; XRAY IMAGING;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; ENERGY; IMAGING; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PHOTON; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; VOLUMETRY; X RAY;

EID: 34447308256     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2732032     Document Type: Article

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