Analysis of dose perturbation factors of a NACP-02 ionization chamber in clinical electron beams

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 307-326

  Chin, E ^a,d   Palmans, H ^b   Shipley, D ^b   Bailey, M ^b   Verhaegen, F ^a,c  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAMS; IONIZATION; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; WATER ANALYSIS;

ABSORBED DOSES; CAVITY PERTURBATIONS; CHAMBER MODELS; CLINICAL ELECTRON BEAMS; HIGHLY SENSITIVES; MASS THICKNESSES; PERTURBATION CORRECTIONS; POINT OF MEASUREMENTS; WALL PERTURBATIONS;

ELECTRONS;

SODIUM ION; WATER;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON; ELECTRON BEAM; ENERGY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS;

BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; ELECTRONS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEOPLASMS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 58149250375     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/54/2/009     Document Type: Article

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