Sensitivity of alanine dosimeters with gadolinium exposed to 6 MV photons at clinical doses

Radiation Research

Volumn 176, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 821-826

  Marrale, M ^a,b   Longo, A ^a   Span, M ^a   Bartolotta, A ^a   D'Oca, M C ^a   Brai, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; GADOLINIUM;

ALANINE DOSIMETRY; ARTICLE; DOSIMETER; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; X RAY;

ACCELERATION; ALANINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; GADOLINIUM; LINEAR MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTONS; RADIOMETRY; X-RAYS;

EID: 82955193805     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: 19385404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR2256.1     Document Type: Article

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