Lithium borate TLD for determining the backscatter factors for low- energy x rays: Comparison with chamber-based and Monte Carlo derived values

Medical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 347-353

  Coudin, Dany ^a   Marinello, Ginette ^a  

^a HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

BSF; Low energy x rays; Monte Carlo calculations; Plane parallel ion chambers; TLD

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; IONS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; X RAYS;

CODE OF PRACTICE; LI2B4O7; LITHIUM BORATES; LOW ENERGY X RAYS; MONTE CARLO CALCULATION; PARALLEL PLATES; X-RAY SPECTRA;

X RAY DETECTORS;

BORIC ACID; LITHIUM;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; IONIZATION CHAMBER; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SCATTERING; ROENTGEN APPARATUS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; X RAY TUBE;

EID: 0031943186     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598205     Document Type: Article

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