The effect of ambient pressure on well chamber response: Monte Carlo calculated results for the HDR 1000 Plus

Medical Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1103-1114

  Bohm, Tim D ^a   Griffin, Sheridan L ^a   DeLuca, Paul M ^a   DeWerd, Larry A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Dosimetry; MCNP; Monte Carlo; Well chamber

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE SOURCES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ONCOLOGY; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY;

AIR DENSITY; AIR KERMA; AMBIENT PRESSURES; BRACHYTHERAPY; CORRECTION FACTORS; LOWER ENERGIES; MCNP; MONTE CARLO; PHOTON SOURCES; WELL CHAMBER;

SEA LEVEL;

IODINE 125; PALLADIUM 103;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BRACHYTHERAPY; DENSITY; DOSIMETRY; ENERGY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA LEVEL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 17844386618     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1884905     Document Type: Article

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