State of the art of in vivo dosimetry

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 117-122

  Mijnheer, Ben ^a,b  

^a ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b INHOLLAND UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL OXIDE;

BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIODE; DOSIMETRY; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MASTECTOMY; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY;

EID: 56349130843     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncn231     Document Type: Conference Paper

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