Comment on 'Implications on clinical scenario of gold nanoparticle radiosensitization in regards to photon energy, nanoparticle size, concentration and location'

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 287-290

  McMahon, Stephen J ^a   Prise, Kevin M ^a   Currell, Fred J ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; GOLD CONCENTRATION; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; MEGAVOLTAGE; MONTE CARLO MODELLING; NANOPARTICLE SIZES; PHOTON ENERGY; PHOTON SOURCES; RADIO-SENSITIZATION; THEORETICAL PREDICTION; X-RAY SOURCES;

FORECASTING; GOLD; PHOTONS;

NANOPARTICLES;

GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLE;

CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; NOTE; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTON;

GOLD; HUMANS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTONS;

EID: 83455211765     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/57/1/287     Document Type: Article

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