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Dose determination using alanine detectors in a mixed neutron and gamma field for boron neutron capture therapy of liver malignancies

Tobias SchmitzInstitute for Nuclear Chemistry, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany;Department of Pharmacy and Toxicology, University of Mainz, Mainz, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Matthias BlaicknerAIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Vienna, Austria
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Markus ZiegnerAIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Vienna, Austria;TU Wien, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria
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Niels BasslerDepartment of Experimental Clinical Oncology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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Catrin GrunewaldDepartment of Pharmacy and Toxicology, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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Jens V. KratzInstitute for Nuclear Chemistry, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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Christian SchützInstitute for Nuclear Chemistry, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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Peter LangguthDepartment of Pharmacy and Toxicology, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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Peter SharpeNational Physical Laboratory, Teddington, Middlesex, UK
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Hugo PalmansNational Physical Laboratory, Teddington, Middlesex, UK
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Michael H. HolzscheiterDepartment of Physics & Astronomy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA;Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg, Germany
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Gerd OttoDepartment of Hepatobiliary, Pancreatic and Transplantation Surgery, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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Gabriele HampelInstitute for Nuclear Chemistry, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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Pages 817-822 | Received 18 Mar 2011, Accepted 14 Apr 2011, Published online: 18 Jul 2011

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