An apparent threshold dose response in ferrous xylenol-orange gel dosimeters when scanned with a yellow light source

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1637-1650

  Babic, Steven ^a,b   Battista, Jerry ^a,b   Jordan, Kevin ^a,b  

^a LONDON REGIONAL CANCER PROGRAM   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROUS XYLENOL-ORANGE GEL DOSIMETERS; FRACTION RADIATION; THRESHOLD DOSE RESPONSE; YELLOW LIGHT;

ABSORPTION; CALIBRATION; GELS; IMPURITIES; LIGHT SOURCES; RADIATION EFFECTS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

DOSIMETERS;

FERROUS AMMONIUM SULFATE; FERROUS ION; GELATIN; ORGANIC COMPOUND; REAGENT; SULFURIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLENOL ORANGE;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; DOSIMETRY; GEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY;

COLOR; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; GELATIN; GELS; LIGHT; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SULFURIC ACIDS; XYLENES;

EID: 41049092140     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/6/009     Document Type: Article

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