The replacement correction factors for cylindrical chambers in high-energy photon beams

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1609-1620

  Wang, L L W ^a   Rogers, D W O ^a  

^a Université d Ottawa et Institut de Physique Ottawa Carleton   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODE OF PRACTICES; CORRECTION FACTORS; CYLINDRICAL CHAMBERS; EGSNRC MONTE CARLO; EMPIRICAL FORMULAS; EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURES; EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; HIGH-ENERGY PHOTON BEAMS; PHOTON BEAMS; SIMULATION RESULTS;

DOSIMETRY; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE;

MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTONS; RADIOMETRY;

EID: 63649133736     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/54/6/014     Document Type: Article

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