Clinical implementation of AAPM TG61 protocol for kilovoltage x-ray beam dosimetry

Medical Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 2269-2273

  Yoo, Sua ^a   Grimm, Daniel ^b   Zhu, Ron ^b   Jursinic, Paul ^b   Lopez, Francisco ^b   Rownd, Jason ^b   Gillin, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; MEDICAL PHYSICS;

ABSORBED DOSE; AVERAGE ENERGY; BEAM ENERGIES; CONVERSION FACTOR; CORRECTION FACTORS; MASS ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT; TASK GROUPS; UPDATED DATA;

X RAYS;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DOSIMETRY; ENERGY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; X RAY;

EID: 0036800231     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1508376     Document Type: Article

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