Passive spectrometry of linear energy transfer: Development and use

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 110, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 675-679

  Spurny F ^a   Molokanov, A G ^b   Bamblevski, V P ^b  

^a NUCLEAR PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^b JOINT INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; IRON; MAGNESIUM ION; NEON; PROTON; SILICON;

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; NUCLEAR REACTOR; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DOSE; SPECTROMETRY;

ALGORITHMS; BODY BURDEN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; PROTONS; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 4644294473     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch148     Document Type: Article

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