Evaluation and characterization of parallel plate microchamber's functionalities in small beam dosimetry

Medical Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2489-2496

  Lee, Heung Rae ^a   Pankuch, Mike ^a   Chu, James C ^a   Spokas, John J ^b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BENEDICTINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Ionization chamber; Parallel plate microchamber; Small beam; Stereotactic

Indexed keywords

DIODES; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; MICROCHANNELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

CORRECTION FACTORS; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; LARGEST DEVIATION; MICRO-CHAMBERS; RADIATION-INDUCED; SCATTERING FACTORS; SMALL BEAM; STEREOTACTIC;

DOSIMETRY;

ARTICLE; DIODE; DOSIMETRY; EVALUATION; EXPERIMENTATION; FILM; GEOMETRY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION SCATTERING; ARTIFACT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOMETRY; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ARTIFACTS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; MINIATURIZATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOMETRY; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036852599     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1514576     Document Type: Article

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