Equilibration of air temperature inside the thimble of a Farmer-type ion chamber

Medical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 496-502

  Tailor, R C ^a,c   Chu, C ^b   Followill, D S ^a   Hanson, W F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b LDS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Equilibration; Ionization chamber; Phantom; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION; PHANTOMS; TEMPERATURE;

EQUILIBRATION; EQUILIBRATION RATE; FUNCTION OF TIME; INITIAL TEMPERATURES; PHANTOM MATERIALS; RADIATION MEASUREMENTS; TEMPERATURE DATA; TEMPERATURE EQUILIBRATION;

IONIZATION CHAMBERS;

PLASTIC; POLYSTYRENE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; COOLING; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MATERIAL STATE; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; THERMAL ANALYSIS; WARMING;

EID: 0031977201     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598226     Document Type: Article

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