Is there an influence of the surrounding material on the response of the alanine dosimetry system?

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2029-2035

  Anton, Mathias ^a   Kapsch, Ralf Peter ^a   Hackel, Thomas ^a  

^a PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE DOSIMETRIES; ELECTRON DENSITY RANGES; HUMAN TISSUES; MONTE CARLO STUDIES; PHYSIKALISCH-TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT; REFERENCE FIELDS; SURROUNDING MATERIALS;

DOSIMETERS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DOSIMETRY;

COBALT 60; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYAMIDE; POLYOXYMETHYLENE; POLYSTYRENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALANINE DOSIMETRY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; ELECTRON; ELECTRON DENSITY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; IRRADIATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNCERTAINTY;

ALANINE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 63649136582     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/54/7/011     Document Type: Article

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