Study of a method based on TLD detectors for in-phantom dosimetry in BNCT

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 110, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 631-636

  Gambarini, Grazia ^a,b   Klamert, V ^c   Agosteo, S ^b,c   Birattari, C ^a,b   Gay, S ^a,b   Rosi, G ^d   Scolari, L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c CESNEF ^*  (Italy)

^d ENEA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RADIATION; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; PHANTOM; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY;

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

EID: 4644294180     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch109     Document Type: Article

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