Towards a determination of the absorbed dose to water in water for low-energy photon-emitting brachytherapy seeds

Metrologia

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 407-414

  Schneider, T ^a   Lange, B ^a   Selbach, H J ^a  

^a PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; MEASUREMENT THEORY; PHOTONS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER;

KERMA MEASUREMENTS; LOW-ENERGY PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPEUTIC PROCESS; WATER PHANTOM;

RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 38549128717     PISSN: 00261394     EISSN: 16817575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0026-1394/44/5/018     Document Type: Article

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