Dosimetry of BNCT beams with novel thermoluminescent detectors

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 110, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 623-626

  Bilski, Pawel ^a   Budzanowski, M ^a   Ochab, E ^a   Olko, P ^a   Czopyk, L ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GAMMA RADIATION; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; PHANTOM; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION FIELD; SIGNAL DETECTION; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; THERMOLUMINESCENCE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER;

BODY BURDEN; BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; MINIATURIZATION; NEUTRONS; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 4644238180     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch218     Document Type: Article

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