Spectromicroscopic film dosimetry for high-energy microbeam from synchrotron radiation

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 155-159

  Nariyama, Nobuteru ^a   Ohigashi, Takuji ^a   Umetani, Keiji ^a   Shinohara, Kunio ^a   Tanaka, Hiroki ^b   Maruhashi, Akira ^b   Kashino, Genro ^b   Kurihara, Ai ^c   Kondob, Takeshi ^d   Fukumoto, Manabu ^c   Ono, Koji ^b  

^a JAPAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dose; GafChromic film; Microbeam; PENELOPE; Synchrotron radiation

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; OPTICAL FILTERS; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; SYNCHROTRONS;

BAND-PASS FILTERS; CENTER DISTANCES; DENSITY DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSE; DOSE RATES; FILM DOSIMETRIES; GAFCHROMIC FILM; GAFCHROMIC FILMS; MICROBEAM; OPTICAL-; PENELOPE; PENELOPE CODES;

LANDFORMS;

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; FILM; FILTER; IONIZATION CHAMBER; IRRADIATION; MICROSCOPE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SYNCHROTRON; X RAY;

FILM DOSIMETRY; MICROSCOPY; SYNCHROTRONS;

EID: 56349091773     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2008.08.002     Document Type: Article

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