Measurement of output factors for small photon beams

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1983-1988

  Sauer, Otto A ^a   Wilbert, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Output factors; Radiation detectors; Small photon beams

Indexed keywords

DIODES; DOSIMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS; SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS;

CORRECTION FACTORS; ENERGY RESPONSE; HIGH-ACCURACY; LINEAR CORRECTIONS; OUTPUT FACTORS; PHOTON BEAMS; SILICON DIODES; SOLID STATE DETECTORS;

RADIATION DETECTORS;

SILICON;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DIODE; DOSIMETRY; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION MEASUREMENT;

EID: 34447336432     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2734383     Document Type: Article

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