Water calorimetry and ionization chamber dosimetry in an 85-MeV clinical proton beam

Medical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 643-650

  Palmans, Hugo ^a   Seuntjens, Jan ^a,c   Verhaegen, Frank ^a   Denis, Jean Marc ^b   Vynckier, Stefaan ^b   Thierens, Hubert ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

clinical proton beam; comparison; heat defect; ionization chamber dosimetry; water calorimetry

Indexed keywords

CALORIMETERS; CALORIMETRY; DOSIMETRY; DRIERS (MATERIALS); IONIZATION CHAMBERS; PROTON BEAMS;

CALORIMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; CLINICAL PROTON BEAMS; COMPARISON; IONIZATION CHAMBER DOSIMETRY; MASS STOPPING POWER; SYSTEMATIC EFFECTS; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS; WATER CALORIMETRY;

IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS;

HYDROGEN; WATER;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CALORIMETRY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; HEAT; IONIZATION CHAMBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; STEADY STATE;

EID: 0030067356     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597700     Document Type: Article

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