Absorbed dose to water reference dosimetry using solid phantoms in the context of absorbed-dose protocols

Medical Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2945-2953

  Seuntjens, Jan ^a   Olivares, Marina ^a   Evans, Michael ^a   Podgorsak, Ervin ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Absorbed dose reference dosimetry; Dose conversion; Monte carlo dose calculations; Plastic phantoms; Scaling

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; PHANTOMS; PHOTOIONIZATION; PHOTONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

DOSE CONVERSION; MONTE CARLO DOSE CALCULATION; PLASTIC PHANTOM; REFERENCE DOSIMETRY; SCALING;

DRIERS (MATERIALS);

COBALT 60; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); WATER;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; PHANTOM; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOLID; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 25644456181     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2012807     Document Type: Article

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