Contribution of Cerenkov radiation in high-energy x-ray and electron beam film dosimetry using water-substitute phantoms

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2003, Pages

  Fujisaki, Tatsuya ^a   Saitoh, Hidetoshi ^b   Hiraoka, Takeshi ^c   Kuwabara, Akio ^d   Abe, Shinji ^a   Inada, Tetsuo ^a  

^a IBARAKI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d Cent Hosp   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAMS; IRRADIATION; OPACITY;

FILM DOSIMETRY;

CERENKOV COUNTERS;

WATER;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAM; FILM; IRRADIATION; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION SHIELD; X RAY;

ARTIFACTS; ELECTRONS; FILM DOSIMETRY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; WATER; X-RAYS;

EID: 0037459541     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/48/6/403     Document Type: Article

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