Photon absorbed dose standards

Metrologia

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Seuntjens, Jan ^a   Duane, Simon ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBED DOSE; CONVERSION FACTORS; CURRENT STATUS; DOSE RATES; HIGH-ENERGY PHOTON BEAMS; PHOTON RADIATIONS; REFERENCE DOSIMETRIES; REFERENCE FIELDS; UNCERTAINTY BUDGETS; WATER STANDARDS;

DOSIMETRY; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS;

STANDARDS;

EID: 65249109852     PISSN: 00261394     EISSN: 16817575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0026-1394/46/2/S04     Document Type: Article

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