Comparison of the IAEA TRS-398 and AAPM TG-51 absorbed dose to water protocols in the dosimetry of high-energy photon and electron beams

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 2985-3006

  Huq, M Saiful ^a   Andreo, Pedro ^b   Song, Haijun ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON BEAMS; IONIZATION; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY; WATER;

BEAM QUALITY CORRECTION FACTORS;

DOSIMETRY;

COBALT 60; WATER;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAM; GAMMA RADIATION; IONIZATION CHAMBER; LABORATORY; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICINE; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; RADIATION; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIOTHERAPY; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

AIR; BIOPHYSICS; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; ELECTRONS; PHOTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; WATER;

EID: 0034759179     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/46/11/315     Document Type: Article

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