First tests of a liquid ionization chamber to monitor intensity modulated radiation beams

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 3555-3564

  Eberle, K ^a   Engler, J ^b   Hartmann, G ^c   Hofmann, R ^c   Horandel J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; FREQUENCIES; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; RADIOTHERAPY; SILANES;

INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION BEAMS;

RADIATION EFFECTS;

COBALT 60; OCTANE; PENTANE; SILANE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COLLIMATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON; ELECTRONICS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; ION CURRENT; ION TRANSPORT; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MEASUREMENT; ONLINE MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOTHERAPY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCTANES; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PENTANES; PILOT PROJECTS; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SILANES; SOLUTIONS; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0242606138     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/48/21/007     Document Type: Article

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