A comparative study of the effect of calibration conditions on the water equivalence of a range of gel dosimeters

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 4, Issue , 2007, Pages 3170-3175

  Taylor, M L ^a   Franich, R D ^a   Trapp, J V ^b   Johnston, P N ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calibration; Gel dosimeter; Water equivalence

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COLLOIDS; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; GELATION; GELS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; REUSABILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ACCURATE CALIBRATION; CALIBRATION METHODS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DEPTH DOSE; FRICKE GELS; GEL DOSIMETER; MULTIPLE CALIBRATION; NUCLEAR SCIENCES; POLYMER GELS; RADIATION DOSIMETERS; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; SULPHATE; TEST TUBES; WATER EQUIVALENCE;

CALIBRATION;

EID: 48149083305     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2007.4436800     Document Type: Conference Paper

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