Direct calibration of a reference standard against the air kerma strength primary standard, at 192Ir HDR energy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1047-1058

  Govinda Rajan, K N ^a   Palani Selvam, T ^a   Bhatt, B C ^a   Vijayam, M ^a   Patki, V S ^a   Vinatha, ^a   Pendse, A M ^b   Kannan, V ^b  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b P D HINDUJA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; GRAPHITE; HOSPITALS; IONIZATION;

REFERENCE STANDARDS;

MEDICINE;

IRIDIUM 192;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; INDIA; IONIZATION CHAMBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; REFERENCE VALUE;

AIR; ALGORITHMS; BIOPHYSICS; CALIBRATION; GAMMA CAMERAS; IONS; IRIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 0037035293     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/47/7/304     Document Type: Article

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