Development and dosimetry of a small animal lung irradiation platform

Health Physics

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 454-462

  McGurk, Ross ^a   Hadley, Caroline ^a   Jackson, Isabel L ^b   Vujaskovic, Zeljko ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

dosimetry; lungs rodent; radiation medical; x rays

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LUNG; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION PNEUMONIA; RADIOMETRY; RAT; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

ANIMALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LUNG; MICE; RADIATION INJURIES, EXPERIMENTAL; RADIATION PNEUMONITIS; RADIOMETRY; RATS; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

ANIMALIA; MUS; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84866050850     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HP.0b013e3182632526     Document Type: Article

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