Combined TL and 10B-alanine ESR dosimetry for BNCT

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 110, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 627-630

  Bartollota, Antonio ^a   D'Oca, M C ^a   Lo Giudice, B ^a   Brai, M ^a   Borio, R ^b   Forini, N ^b   Salvadori, P ^b   Manera, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; BERYLLIUM; BORON 10; BORON; ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; GAMMA RADIATION; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; NEUTRON RADIATION; NUCLEAR REACTOR; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION FIELD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL DETECTION; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; BODY BURDEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NEUTRON; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; VALIDATION STUDY;

BODY BURDEN; BORON; BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; ISOTOPES; NEUTRONS; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY;

EID: 4644225186     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch110     Document Type: Article

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