Neutron dose rate evaluation for medical linear accelerators

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 101-103

  Facure, A ^a   Falcao R C ^a   Da Silva, A X ^b   Crispim, V R ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; LICENSING; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MEDICAL STAFF; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; RADIOTHERAPY; SIMULATION; X IRRADIATION;

ALGORITHMS; BRAZIL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HOSPITAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRONS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 5444271814     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch369     Document Type: Article

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