Monte-Carlo-based perturbation and beam quality correction factors for thimble ionization chambers in high-energy photon beams

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2823-2836

  Wulff, J ^a,b   Heverhagen, J T ^b   Zink, K ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE MITTELHESSEN   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; DOSIMETRY; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTOIONIZATION; PHOTONS;

CALCULATED VALUES; CORRECTION FACTORS; HIGH-ENERGY PHOTON BEAMS; MEASUREMENT SETUP; PHOTON SPECTRA; POINT SOURCES; SOURCE-SURFACE DISTANCE; SOURCES OF UNCERTAINTY;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON BEAM; IONIZATION CHAMBER; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 45749111374     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/11/005     Document Type: Article

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