Experimental determination of fluence correction factors at depths beyond d(max) for a farmer type cylindrical ionization chamber in clinical electron beams

Medical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1609-1613

  Huq, M Saiful ^a   Yue, Ning ^a   Suntharalingam, N ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron beam calibration; Fluence correction

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ELECTRONS; IONIZATION; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

CALCULATED VALUES; CLINICAL ELECTRON BEAMS; EXPERIMENTAL DETERMINATION; FLUENCE CORRECTION FACTORS; FLUENCES; MEASURED VALUES; PARALLEL PLATES; PERTURBATION CORRECTION;

ELECTRON BEAMS;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; ELECTRON BEAM; IONIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030771724     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597978     Document Type: Article

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