Specific issues in small animal dosimetry and irradiator calibration

International Journal of Radiation Biology

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1001-1010

  Yoshizumi, Terry ^a   Brady, Samuel L ^b   Robbins, Mike E ^c   Bourland, J Daniel ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

and X ray irradiators; Irradiator calibration; Radiation physics; Small animal dosimetry

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; RADIOISOTOPE;

ACCURACY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FILM DOSIMETER; GAMMA RADIATION; IMAGING; IONIZATION CHAMBER; IONIZING RADIATION; IRRADIATOR; LIGHT; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIATION; METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR TRANSISTOR; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION PHYSICS; RADIATION SHIELD; RADIODIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; RADIONUCLIDE IRRADIATOR; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SEMICONDUCTOR; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; TRAINING; X RAY; X RAY IRRADIATOR; X RAY TUBE;

ANIMALS; CALIBRATION; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; MODELS, ANIMAL; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; X-RAYS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 80053471371     PISSN: 09553002     EISSN: 13623095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09553002.2011.556178     Document Type: Review

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