Depth ionization curves for an unmodulated proton beam measured with different ionization chambers

Medical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 2780-2787

  Mobit, Paul N ^a,b   Sandison, George A ^a,b   Bloch, Charles ^c  

^a TOM BAKER CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bragg curves; Ionization chambers; Proton beam

Indexed keywords

IONIZATION CHAMBERS; PHANTOMS; PROTON BEAMS;

BRAGG CURVES; BRAGG PEAKS; CAVITY RADIUS; CORRECTION FACTORS; ION COLLECTION EFFICIENCIES; PARALLEL PLATES; POINT OF MEASUREMENT; SCALING FACTORS;

IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PHYSICS;

EID: 0034516224     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1323985     Document Type: Article

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