Neutron measurements in a Varian 2100C LINAC facility using a Bonner sphere system based on passive gold activation detectors

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 126, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 361-365

  Fernandez F ^a   Domingo, C ^a   Amgarou, K ^a   Castelo, J ^a   Bouassoule, T ^a   Garcia, M J ^a   Luguera, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD;

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; DOSIMETER; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTRON ACCELERATOR; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LIGHT SCATTERING; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; NEUTRON RADIATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION SHIELD; RISK ASSESSMENT; THERMAL ANALYSIS; WORKPLACE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; METHODOLOGY; NEUTRON; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPAIN;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GOLD; NEUTRONS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPAIN;

EID: 52249094022     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncm075     Document Type: Article

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