Shielding measurements for a protontherapy beam of 200 MeV: Preliminary results

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 70, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 429-436

  Mazal, A ^a   Gall, K ^b   Bottollier Depois, J F ^c   Michaud, S ^a   Delacroix, D ^d   Fracas, P ^d   Clapier, F ^e   Delacroix, S ^a   Nauraye, C ^a   Ferrand, R ^a   Louis, M ^a   Habrand, J L ^a  

^a Ctr de Protontherapie d'Orsay   (France)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE   (France)

^d DIF   (France)

^e 91405 Orsay Campus   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CONCRETE; WATER;

CONFERENCE PAPER; MICRODOSIMETRY; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION SHIELD; RADIOTHERAPY; THICKNESS;

EID: 8244247778     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a031991     Document Type: Conference Paper

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