Physica Medica: European Journal of Medical Physics
Volume 26, Issue 1 , Pages 44-48 , January 2010

Spatial distribution of beta extremity doses in nuclear medicine: A feasibility study with thin α-Al2O3:C TLDs

  • Pietro Mancosu

      Affiliations

    • Università degli Studi di Milano, Physics Department and INFN Sezione di Milano, Italy
    • Clinical Institute Humanitas, Radiotherapy Department, Rozzano, Italy
    • ,
  • Marie Claire Cantone

      Affiliations

    • Università degli Studi di Milano, Physics Department and INFN Sezione di Milano, Italy
    • ,
  • Ivan Veronese

      Affiliations

    • Università degli Studi di Milano, Physics Department and INFN Sezione di Milano, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Università degli Studi di Milano, Physics Department, via Celoria 16, 20133 Milano, Italy. Tel.: +39 02 50317432.
    • ,
  • Augusto Giussani

      Affiliations

    • Università degli Studi di Milano, Physics Department and INFN Sezione di Milano, Italy
    • Current address: Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany.

Received 20 June 2008 ,Revised 19 January 2009 ,Accepted 26 February 2009.

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PII: S1120-1797(09)00015-5

doi: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2009.02.004

Physica Medica: European Journal of Medical Physics
Volume 26, Issue 1 , Pages 44-48 , January 2010

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