Accuracy of EGSnrc calculations at 60Co energies for the response of ion chambers configured with various wall materials and cavity dimensions

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 5629-5640

  La Russa, Daniel J ^a   Rogers, D W O ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE;

CAVITY DIMENSION; CAVITY VOLUME; CYLINDRICAL CHAMBERS; EGSNRC MONTE CARLO; HIGH-PRECISION MEASUREMENT; RATIOS OF RESPONSE; TRANSPORT MECHANICS; WALL MATERIALS;

GRAPHITE;

BERYLLIUM; COBALT 60; POLYSTYRENE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ENERGY;

EID: 56749101726     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3013701     Document Type: Article

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