Recombination factors for the cylindrical FC65-G ionization chamber in pulsed photon beams and the plane-parallel Roos ionization chamber in pulsed electron beams

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 23, 2004, Pages 5309-5318

  Berg, Martin ^a   Noerrevang, Ole ^b  

^a LILLEBAELT HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON BEAMS; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY;

MULTI-VOLTAGE ANALYSIS (MVA); PHOTON PULSED BEAMS; RECOMBINATION FACTORS; TWO-VOLTAGE ANALYSIS (TVA);

IONIZATION CHAMBERS;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IONIZATION CHAMBER; LIGHT; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE;

ALGORITHMS; ELECTRONS; PHOTONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION, IONIZING; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; WATER;

EID: 11044232519     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/49/23/008     Document Type: Article

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