Energy-dependent polarity correction factors for four commercial ionization chambers used in electron dosimetry

Medical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 785-790

  Williams, Janelle A ^a   Agarwal, Suresh K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

electron dosimetry; ionization chamber; polarity effect; polarity error; TG25

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRONS; ERRORS; IONIZATION;

CORRECTION FACTORS; CYLINDRICAL CHAMBERS; ENERGY DEPENDENT; INCIDENT ELECTRON BEAMS; INCIDENT ENERGY; PARALLEL-PLATE CHAMBER; POLARITY EFFECT; TG25;

IONIZATION CHAMBERS;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAM; ENERGY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IONIZATION CHAMBER; IRRADIATION; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030954483     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598124     Document Type: Article

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