Reference dosimetry in a scanned pulsed proton beam using ionisation chambers and a Faraday cup

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 3519-3529

  Lorin, Stefan ^a   Grusell, Erik ^a   Tilly, Nina ^a   Medin, Joakim ^b   Kimstrand, Peter ^a   Glimelius, Bengt ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; FISSION REACTIONS; HEALTH; IMAGING SYSTEMS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PROTON BEAMS; PROTONS;

ABSORBED DOSE; CONTINUOUS BEAMS; FARADAY CUPS; HIGH-VOLTAGE (HV); INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS; ION PAIRS; MONITOR (CO); PULSE LENGTHS; PULSED PROTON BEAM; REFERENCE CONDITIONS; REFERENCE DOSIMETRY; SCANNING SYSTEMS; TRANSIT TIME (TT);

IONIZATION;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; IONIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; PULSE RATE;

ALGORITHMS; IONS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 47649125048     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/13/008     Document Type: Article

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