Monte Carlo correction factors for a Farmer 0.6 cm3 ion chamber dose measurement in the build-up region of the 6 MV clinical beam

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1523-1532

  Pena, J ^a   Sanchez Doblado F ^b,c   Capote, R ^d   Terron J A ^b,c   Gomez F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN MACARENA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^d INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGED PARTICLES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSIMETRY; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTONS;

CHARGED PARTICLE EQUILIBRIUM (CPE); ION CHAMBER DOSE MEASUREMENT; PHOTON FIELDS;

IONIZATION CHAMBERS;

WATER;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON; PHOTON THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD;

EID: 33644664647     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/6/011     Document Type: Article

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