Dosimetric measurements with a brain equivalent plastic walled ionization chamber in an epithermal neutron beam

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 110, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 687-692

  Binns, P J ^a   Riley, K J ^a   Harling, O K ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON; HYDROGEN; NITROGEN; PLASTIC;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; PHANTOM; PHOTON; RADIATION DOSE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ALGORITHMS; BODY BURDEN; BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; NEUTRONS; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 4644288420     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch149     Document Type: Article

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