Development of a guarded liquid ionization chamber for clinical dosimetry

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3089-3104

  Stewart, K J ^a,b   Elliott, A ^a,c   Seuntjens, J P ^a  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b Allan Blair Cancer Centre   (Canada)

^c OnCURE Medical Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRAPOLATION; IONIC LIQUIDS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

CLINICAL DOSIMETRY; ION RECOMBINATION; LIQUID IONIZATION CHAMBERS; PULSED PHOTON BEAMS;

DOSIMETRY;

GRAPHITE; POLITEF; STAINLESS STEEL;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRODE; IONIZATION CHAMBER; LIQUID; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE;

AIR; CALIBRATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRONS; HUMANS; IONS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHOTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; WATER;

EID: 34249072857     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/11/011     Document Type: Article

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