Superficial and orthovoltage x-ray beam dosimetry

Medical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 7 I, 1998, Pages 1206-1211

  Podgorsak, Ervin B ^a   Gosselin, Micheline ^a   Evans, Michael D C ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Output calibration; Parallel plate ionization chamber; Radiation dosimetry; Superficial x ray beams

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; CALIBRATION; DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; PHANTOMS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CALIBRATION FACTORS; CALIBRATION METHOD; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; MEASUREMENTS OF; PARALLEL PLATES; PHANTOM SURFACE; TISSUE EQUIVALENT PHANTOM; X RAY BEAM;

X RAYS;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DOSIMETRY; ENERGY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY;

EID: 0031812771     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598309     Document Type: Article

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