Commissioning of an NRC-type sealed water calorimeter at METAS using 60Co γ-rays

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 4073-4086

  Medin, J ^a,c   Ross, Carl K ^a   Stucki, G ^b   Klassen, N V ^a   Seuntjens, J P ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b Swiss Federal Office of Metrology   (Switzerland)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; CALIBRATION; CALORIMETRY; GAMMA RAYS; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; MEASUREMENTS; STANDARDS; WATER;

CALIBRATION COEFFICIENTS; SEALED GLASS VESSELS; SEALED WATER CALORIMETERS;

CALORIMETERS;

COBALT 60;

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CALORIMETER; CANADA; CONSTANTS AND COEFFICIENTS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; GAMMA RADIATION; GLASS BOTTLE; HEATING; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MECHANICAL PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; SEALED CONTAINER; THERMISTOR; UNCERTAINTY;

CALIBRATION; CALORIMETRY; COBALT; COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; GAMMA RAYS; GLASS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WATER; X-RAYS;

EID: 4544358270     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/49/17/017     Document Type: Article

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