Dose rate correction factors for diamond detectors for megavoltage photon beams

Physica Medica

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 55-60

  Heydarian, M ^a,b   Zahmatkesh, M ^a,b,c   Hoban, P W ^a,b,d   Beddoe, A H ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diamond detectors; Radiotherapy dosimetry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVICE; DOSIMETRY; ENERGY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIATION; PHOTON; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY;

EID: 0030987651     PISSN: 11201797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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