Kscript Q sign factors for ionization chamber dosimetry in clinical proton beams

Medical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 25-31

  Vatnitsky, S M ^a   Siebers, J V ^a   Miller, D W ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorbed dose to water; Calorimeter; Ionization chamber dosimetry; Protons

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CALORIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; FLOWMETERS; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; PROTON BEAMS; PROTONS; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS;

ABSORBED DOSE; CALIBRATION METHOD; CLINICAL PROTON BEAMS; CORRECTION FACTORS; IONIZATION CHAMBER DOSIMETRY; SPREAD OUT BRAGG PEAKS; SYSTEMATIC UNCERTAINTIES; WATER CALIBRATION;

IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; IONIZATION OF GASES;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CALORIMETRY; DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; BIOPHYSICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOLOGY; RADIOMETRY; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

PROTON; WATER;

BIOPHYSICS; CALORIMETRY; HUMANS; PROTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC; WATER;

EID: 0029666237     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597768     Document Type: Article

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