An EGSnrc investigation of the PTP correction factor for ion chambers in kilovoltage x rays

Medical Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 4590-4599

  La Russa, Daniel J ^a   Rogers, D W O ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air pressure; Dosimetry; Monte Carlo; Temperature pressure correction

Indexed keywords

AIR; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DOSIMETRY; GRAPHITE; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; IONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

AIR PRESSURES; EGSNRC MONTE CARLO; PHOTON INTERACTIONS; PRESSURE CORRECTION; PRESSURE VARIATIONS; REFERENCE TEMPERATURE; RELATIVE DEVIATIONS; STANDARD PRACTICES;

X RAYS;

COBALT 60;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; EGSNRC MONTE CARLO CODE; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MAMMOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEXICO; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 33845316938     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2392407     Document Type: Article

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