Response characteristics of a tandem ionization chamber in standard X-ray beams

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 495-500

  Costa, Alessandro M ^a   Caldas, Linda V E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ionization chambers; Quality control; Radiotherapy; Tandem system; X radiation

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOTHERAPY;

X RAY BEAMS;

X RAYS;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; IONIZATION CHAMBER; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; X RAY;

CALIBRATION; LINEAR MODELS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; X-RAY THERAPY;

EID: 0037381030     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(03)00026-5     Document Type: Article

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