Verification of absolute ionization chamber dosimetry in a proton beam using carbon activation measurements

Medical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 972-978

  Nichiporov, Dmitri ^a  

^a Themba LABS   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Carbon activation; Dose intercomparison; Proton beam

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CARBON; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; IONS; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; PROTON BEAMS;

CARBON ACTIVATION; CLINICAL PROTON BEAMS; FLUENCES; INTERCOMPARISONS; IONIZATION CHAMBER DOSIMETRY;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CARBON 11;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CALIBRATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; DOSIMETRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IONIZATION CHAMBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE;

EID: 0038586542     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1568591     Document Type: Article

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