Calculated Bragg curves for ionization chambers of different shapes

Medical Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 1995, Pages 1721-1726

  Bichsel, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bragg curve; ionization chambers; silicon diodes

Indexed keywords

CHARGED PARTICLES; DIODES; IONIZATION; IONIZATION CHAMBERS;

ANALYTIC ALGORITHM; BRAGG CURVES; DIFFERENT SHAPES; DOSE CONVERSION FACTOR; HEAVY CHARGED PARTICLES; SILICON DIODES;

SILICON DETECTORS;

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SCATTERING;

EID: 0028826414     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: NA     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597535     Document Type: Article

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