Dose calculation in biological samples in a mixed neutron-gamma field at the TRIGA reactor of the University of Mainz

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1165-1169

  Schmitz, Tobias ^a   Blaickner, Matthias ^b   Süchtz, Christian ^a   Wiehl, Norbert ^a   Kratz, Jens V ^a   Bassler, Niels ^c   Holzscheiter, Michael H ^d,e   Palmans, Hugo ^f   Sharpe, Peter ^f   Otto, Gerd ^a   Hampel, Gabriele ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^f NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE;

ALANINE DOSIMETRY; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; DOSE CALCULATION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; GAMMA RADIATION; IONIZING RADIATION; LIVER CELL; LIVER METASTASIS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS;

BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; CELL LINE, TUMOR; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; GAMMA RAYS; GERMANY; HEP G2 CELLS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEUTRONS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; VALIDATION STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 77956571548     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0284186X.2010.500306     Document Type: Article

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