Evaluation of a lithium formate EPR dosimetry system for dose measurements around i 192 r brachytherapy sources

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2236-2247

  Antonovic, Laura ^a   Gustafsson, Hkan ^a   Alm Carlsson, Gudrun ^a   Carlsson Tedgren, Åsa ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Electron paramagnetic resonance detector; Experimental 192Ir dosimetry

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETERS; ELECTRON RESONANCE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; IRRADIATION; LITHIUM FLUORIDE; LITHIUM METALLOGRAPHY; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; PARAMAGNETISM; PHANTOMS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ABSORBED DOSE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL APPLICATION; CORRECTION FACTORS; DETECTOR MATERIALS; ELECTRON PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; STANDARD UNCERTAINTY; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS; WIDE DYNAMIC RANGE;

DOSIMETRY;

IRIDIUM 192; LITHIUM DERIVATIVE; LITHIUM FLUORIDE; LITHIUM FORMATE MONOHYDRATE; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IRRADIATION; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOSENSITIVITY; STANDARD; THERMOLUMINESCENCE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 66449130078     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3110068     Document Type: Article

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