A small-body portable graphite calorimeter for dosimetry in low-energy clinical proton beams

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 16, 2004, Pages 3737-3749

  Palmans, Hugo ^a   Thomas, Russell ^a   Simon, Mary ^a   Duane, Simon ^a   Kacperek, Andrzej ^b   DuSautoy, Alan ^a   Verhaegen, Frank ^c  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b CLATTERBRIDGE CENTRE FOR ONCOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALORIMETERS; DOSIMETERS; GRAPHITE; HEAT TRANSFER; IONIZATION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PROTON BEAMS;

CALORIMETER MEASUREMENTS; GRAPHITE CALORIMETERS;

DOSIMETRY;

GRAPHITE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CALIBRATION; CALORIMETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEAT TRANSFER; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IONIZATION CHAMBER; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; UNCERTAINTY;

CALIBRATION; CALORIMETRY; GRAPHITE; HUMANS; IONS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHOTONS; PROTONS; RADIATION, IONIZING; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; WATER;

EID: 4444339605     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/49/16/019     Document Type: Article

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