Corrected relationship between %dd(10)(x) and stopping-power ratios

Medical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 538-540

  Rogers, D W O ^a   Yang, C L ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beam quality; Ion chamber dosimetry; Monte Carlo; Stopping power ratio

Indexed keywords

BEAM QUALITY; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ABSORBED DOSE; CALCULATED VALUES; CALIBRATION FACTORS; DEPTH DOSE; NET EFFECT; STOPPING POWER;

DOSIMETRY;

ARTICLE; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; PHANTOM; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION ENERGY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032941897     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598554     Document Type: Article

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