Correction factors for Farmer-type chambers for absorbed dose determination in 60Co and 192Ir brachytherapy dosimetry

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 3171-3181

  Tölli, Heikki ^a   Johansson, Karl Axel ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; COBALT 60; GRAPHITE; IRIDIUM 192; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYSTYRENE;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; COBALT THERAPY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON BEAM; IONIZATION CHAMBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE;

BIOPHYSICS; BRACHYTHERAPY; COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; ELECTRODES; GRAPHITE; HUMANS; IRIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; POLYSTYRENES; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RESINS, SYNTHETIC; WATER;

EID: 0031741039     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/43/11/001     Document Type: Article

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