Influence of cavity size on the response of cavity chambers to 25- and 45-MeV neutrons

Medical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 527-533

  Newhauser, W D ^a,b   Brede, H J ^a  

^a PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bragg Gray; cavity theory; dosimetry; neutron kerma coefficient

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; GASES; NEUTRONS;

BRAGG-GRAY; CAVITY THEORY; FINITE CAVITIES; GRAY THEORIES; NEUTRON ENERGY; NEUTRON INTERACTIONS; SMALL CAVITIES; STANDARD TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURES;

IONIZATION OF GASES;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; GAS; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIATION; MICRODOSIMETRY; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE;

EID: 0030934814     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597935     Document Type: Article

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