Cross-calibration of ionization chambers in proton and carbon beams

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 771-781

  Kanai, Tatsuaki ^a   Fukumura, Akifumi ^a   Kusano, Yohsuke ^b   Shimbo, Munefumi ^c   Nishio, Teiji ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Inage ku   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CARBON; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; PROTONS;

CALIBRATION COEFFICIENT;

MEDICINE;

COBALT 60; WATER;

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CALCULATION; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; METHODOLOGY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION FIELD;

CALIBRATION; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; ELECTRONS; IONS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; PROTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 1542506170     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/49/5/008     Document Type: Article

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