Monte Carlo study of correction factors for the use of plastic phantoms in clinical electron dosimetry

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 4368-4377

  Araki, Fujio ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chamber dependent correction factor; Depth scaling factor; Fluence correction factor; Monte Carlo calculations; Wall correction factor

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; ELECTRONS; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHANTOMS;

CORRECTION FACTORS; FLUENCE CORRECTION FACTORS; MONTE CARLO CALCULATION; SCALING FACTORS; WALL CORRECTION FACTORS;

DRIERS (MATERIALS);

ARTICLE; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAM; IONIZATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 35649023686     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2790840     Document Type: Article

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