The energy correction factor of LiF thermoluminescent dosemeters in megavoltage electron beams: Monte Carlo simulations and experiments

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 979-993

  Mobit, Paul N ^b   Nahum, Alan E ^b   Mayles, Philip ^a,b  

^a CLATTERBRIDGE CENTRE FOR ONCOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM FLUORIDE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON BEAM; ENERGY TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

BIOMETRY; BIOPHYSICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONS; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY;

EID: 0029896246     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/41/6/003     Document Type: Article

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