The role of de-excitation electrons in measurements with graphite extrapolation chambers

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 801-822

  Kramer, H M ^a   Grosswendt, B ^a  

^a PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY TRANSFER; EXCITONS; EXTRAPOLATION; GRAPHITE; X RAYS;

ELECTRONIC EQUILIBRIUM;

ELECTRONS;

GRAPHITE;

AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COMPTON EFFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT; MEASUREMENT; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION ENERGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURFACE PROPERTY; TECHNIQUE; X RAY; X RAY TUBE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONS; GRAPHITE; KINETICS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; RADIOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; X-RAYS;

EID: 0037034596     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/47/5/308     Document Type: Article

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