Energy response of an aluminium oxide detector in kilovoltage and megavoltage photon beams: An EGSnrc Monte Carlo simulation study

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 28-31

  Agyingi, Ephraim O ^a   Mobit, Paul N ^a,b   Sandison, George A ^c  

^a TOM BAKER CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^b HARPER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM OXIDE; COBALT 60;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PHOTON; PHOTON THERAPY; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOSENSITIVITY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER;

EID: 33646878942     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci329     Document Type: Article

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