Ion recombination correction for very high dose-per-pulse high-energy electron beams

Medical Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 2204-2210

  Di Martino, F ^a   Giannelli, M ^a   Traino, A C ^a   Lazzeri, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dose per pulse; Ion recombination; Ionization chamber; IORT; ksat

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETERS; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRONS; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; IONS; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; RADIOTHERAPY;

DOSE-PER-PULSE; ELECTRON BEAM DOSIMETRY; HIGH DOSE-PER-PULSE; HIGH ENERGY ELECTRON BEAMS; ION RECOMBINATION; IORT; KSAT; PARALLEL-PLATE CHAMBER;

DOSIMETRY;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAM; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; INTRAOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 22544468794     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1940167     Document Type: Article

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