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

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 429-436

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

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calibration; Gel dosimeter; Water equivalence

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETERS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ONCOLOGY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

CALIBRATION METHOD; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; GEL DOSIMETER; MULTIPLE CALIBRATION; POLYMER GEL DOSIMETER; RADIATION DOSIMETERS; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; WATER EQUIVALENCE;

CALIBRATION;

EID: 64749102778     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2009.2015315     Document Type: Article

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