Absorbed dose to water determination with ionization chamber dosimetry and calorimetry in restricted neutron, photon, proton and heavy-ion radiation fields

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 3667-3682

  Brede, H J ^a   Greif, K D ^a   Hecker, O ^a   Heeg, P ^e   Heese, J ^c   Jones, D T L ^d   Kluge, H ^c   Schardt, D ^b  

^a PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^b GSI HELMHOLTZZENTRUM FÜR SCHWERIONENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

^c HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^d ITHEMBA LABS   (South Africa)

^e GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALORIMETRY; HEAVY IONS; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; NEUTRONS; PHOTONS; PROTONS; RADIATION;

ABSOLUTE DOSE MEASUREMENTS; INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY (IAEA); RADIATION BEAMS; WATER DETERMINATION;

DOSIMETRY;

ION; PROTON;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC PARTICLE; CALORIMETRY; COLLIMATOR; DOSIMETRY; ENERGY TRANSFER; IONIZATION; NEUTRON; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE;

CALORIMETRY; COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; HEAVY IONS; HUMANS; IONS; NEUTRONS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHOTONS; PROTONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WATER;

EID: 33746500136     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/15/005     Document Type: Article

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