Set-up and calibration of a triple ionization chamber system for dosimetry in mixed neutron/photon fields

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 3715-3727

  Becker, J ^a   Brunckhorst, E ^a   Roca, A ^b   Stecher Rasmussen, F ^c   Moss, R ^b   Bottger R ^d   Schmidt, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c NCT Physics   (Netherlands)

^d PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSIMETRY; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; NEUTRONS; PATIENT MONITORING; PHOTONS; TISSUE;

BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; MAGNESIUM CHAMBERS; THERMAL NEUTRON;

IONIZATION CHAMBERS;

BORON; COBALT; MAGNESIUM;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRON; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; CALIBRATION; COBALT; COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; HUMANS; IONS; MAGNESIUM; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRONS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 34250351514     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/13/004     Document Type: Article

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