Monte Carlo calculated correction factors for primary standards of air kerma

Medical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 521-532

  Rogers, D W O ^a   Kawrakow, Iwan ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR KERMA; CALCULATED VALUES; CORRECTION FACTORS; ELECTRON STOPPING; POINT OF MEASUREMENT; PRIMARY STANDARDS; STOPPING POWER;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

COBALT 60; GRAPHITE; POLYSTYRENE;

AIR; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOBIOLOGY;

EID: 0037395132     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1563663     Document Type: Article

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