Ion-recombination correction factor ksat for spherical ion chambers irradiated by continuous photon beams

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1025-1035

  Piermattei, A ^a   Azario, L ^a   Arcovito, G ^a   Toni, M P ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b ENEA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; ION TRANSPORT; IONIZATION CHAMBER; IRRADIATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE;

BIOMETRY; BIOPHYSICS; BRACHYTHERAPY; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHOTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0029893738     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/41/6/006     Document Type: Article

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