Ion recombination corrections for the NACP parallel-plate chamber in a pulsed electron beam

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2033-2045

  Burns, D T ^a,b   McEwen, M R ^a  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b PAVILLON DE BRETEUIL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAM; IONIZATION CHAMBER; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; THEORY;

ELECTRONS; GREAT BRITAIN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 0031830063     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/43/8/003     Document Type: Article

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