Validation of a Monte Carlo model of a NACP-02 plane-parallel ionization chamber model using electron backscatter experiments

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Chin, E ^a,c   Shipley, D ^b   Bailey, M ^b   Seuntjens, J ^a   Palmans, H ^b   DuSautoy, A ^b   Verhaegen, F ^a  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ELECTRON BACKSCATTERING; STANDARD DEVIATIONS;

ELECTRON BEAMS;

ALUMINUM; COPPER; GRAPHITE; WATER;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; IONIZATION; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIATION; NONHUMAN; PLANE PARALLEL IONIZATION CHAMBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SCATTERING; SIMULATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ALUMINUM; COPPER; ELECTRONS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GRAPHITE; IONS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; WATER;

EID: 42649104748     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/8/N01     Document Type: Article

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