Characterization of the optical properties and stability of Presage™following irradiation with photons and carbon ions

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 829-834

  Yates, Esben S ^a   Balling, Peter ^b   Petersen, Jørgen B B ^a   Christensen, Mehrnaz N ^b   Skyt, Peter S ^a,b   Bassler, Niels ^a,c   Kaiser, Franz Joachim ^c   Muren, Ludvig P ^a,b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COBALT 60;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RADIATION; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; ION THERAPY; IONIZING RADIATION; LIGHT INTENSITY; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; OPTICAL DENSITY; PHOTON THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

CARBON; COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOMETRY; WATER;

EID: 79960508385     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0284186X.2011.565368     Document Type: Article

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