EPR dosimetry for actual and suspected overexposures during radiotherapy treatments in Poland

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 42, Issue 6-7, 2007, Pages 1025-1028

  Trompier, F ^a   Sadlo, J ^b   Michalik, J ^b   Stachowicz, W ^b   Mazal, A ^c   Clairand, I ^a   Rostkowska, J ^d   Bulski, W ^d   Kulakowski, A ^e   Sluszniak, J ^e   Gozdz, S ^e   Wojcik, A ^b,f  

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

^b INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^d INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

^e Holycross Cancer Center   (Poland)

^f JAN KOCHANOWSKI UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; DOSIMETRY; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); ONCOLOGY; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOTHERAPY;

DEFECTIVE SAFETY INTERLOCK; NECROSIS ORIGIN; OBSOLETE SAFETY SYSTEM;

PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE;

EID: 34548754423     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2007.05.005     Document Type: Article

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