Thermoluminescent dosimetry in total body irradiation

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 71, Issue SUPPL., 2012, Pages 35-39

  Rodriguez Cortes J ^a,b   Rivera Montalvo, T ^b   Villasenor Navarro L F ^a   Flores Lopez O ^a   Roman, J ^b   Hernandez Oviedo, J O ^b  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

LiF:MgTi; Radiation Dosimetry; Radiotherapy; Thermoluminescence; Total Body Irradiation

Indexed keywords

ABSORBED DOSE; HIGH ENERGY ELECTRON BEAMS; HIGH-DOSE RATE; ISODOSE DISTRIBUTION; LIF:MGTI; SKIN DOSE; SOLID WATER; THERMOLUMINESCENT DETECTORS; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY; TOTAL BODY IRRADIATION;

ELECTRON BEAMS; IRRADIATION; RADIOTHERAPY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

DOSIMETRY;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

ELECTRONS; HUMANS; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

EID: 84870389889     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: 18729800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2012.04.014     Document Type: Article

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