Comparative study of polyacrylamid gels and thermoluminescent dosimeters used in external radiotherapy

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 39-42

  Guillerminet, C ^a   Gschwind, R ^a   Makovicka, L ^a   Spevacek, V ^b   Soukoup, M ^b   Novotny, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^b CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^c NA HOMOLCE HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

3D dosimetry; Monte carlo beam code; Polyacrylamid gels; Thermoluminescent dosimeters

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSIMETERS; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIOTHERAPY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

AQUEOUS GELS; PHANTOMS; POLYACRYLAMID GELS; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETERS;

GELS;

EID: 9544252180     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2004.06.003     Document Type: Article

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