Experimental derivation of wall correction factors for ionization chambers used in high dose rate 192Ir source calibration

Medical Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-5

  Marechal M H ^a,b   De Almeida, C E ^b   Ferreira, I H ^c   Sibata, C H ^d  

^a INSTITUTO DE RADIOPROTEÇÃO E DOSIMETRIA   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Calibration; Ionization chambers; Wall correction

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; IONIZATION; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; ONCOLOGY; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; RADIOTHERAPY; X RAYS;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CALIBRATION FACTORS; CALIBRATION LABORATORIES; CORRECTION FACTORS; EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; MONTE CARLO CALCULATION; PRIMARY STANDARDS; WALL CORRECTION FACTORS;

GAMMA RAYS;

IRIDIUM 192;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; GAMMA RADIATION; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOISOTOPE THERAPY; X RAY;

EID: 0036145895     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1427081     Document Type: Article

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