General collection efficiency for liquid isooctane and tetramethylsilane used as sensitive media in a parallel-plate ionization chamber

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 133-145

  Johansson, Bengt ^a   Wickman, Göran ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOOCTANE; TETRAMETHYLSILANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; IONIZATION CHAMBER; LIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

HALF-LIFE; HUMANS; METHYLMETHACRYLATES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCTANES; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; QUARTZ; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SILANES; TECHNETIUM;

EID: 0031034634     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/42/1/009     Document Type: Article

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