Spectra of photoneutrons produced by high-energy X-ray radiotherapy linacs

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-17

  Kralik M ^a   Turek, K ^b   Vondracek V ^c  

^a CZECH METROLOGY INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^b NUCLEAR PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BULOVKA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON;

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; NEUTRON RADIATION; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOTHERAPY; SPECTROMETER; SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; NEUTRONS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; X-RAYS;

EID: 57849105462     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncn278     Document Type: Article

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