Calibration of plane-parallel chambers and determination of p(wall) for the NACP and Roos chambers for 60Co γ-ray beams

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 971-981

  Palm, Åsa ^a   Mattsson, Olof ^a   Andreo, Pedro ^b  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DOSE CALCULATION; GAMMA RADIATION; IONIZATION CHAMBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION PHYSICS;

AIR; CALIBRATION; COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; GAMMA RAYS; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 0034038103     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/45/4/312     Document Type: Article

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