Comparison of graphite-to-water absorbed-dose transfers for 60Co photon beams using ionometry and Fricke dosimetry

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2053-2063

  Chauvenet, B ^a   Baltes D ^a   Delaunay, F ^a  

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT 60; WATER;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETER; IONIZATION CHAMBER; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE;

COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; GRAPHITE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHOTONS; RADIATION, IONIZING; RADIOMETRY; REFERENCE VALUES; WATER;

EID: 0030780453     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/42/11/004     Document Type: Article

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