Response of silicon diode dosemeters to scattered radiation from megavoltage photon beams

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 101, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 415-418

  Yin, Z ^a   Hugtenburg, R P ^b   Beddoe, A H ^b   Horowitz, Y S ^c   Oster, L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICON; WATER;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMPTON EFFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETER; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIATION SCATTERING;

EID: 0036393221     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a006014     Document Type: Article

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