A method to determine the water kerma in a phantom for x-rays with energies up to 40 keV

Metrologia

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 95-100

  Schneider, Thorsten ^a  

^a PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DOSIMETRY; EXTRAPOLATION; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ONCOLOGY; PHANTOMS; RADIOTHERAPY;

AIR KERMA MEASUREMENTS; ELECTRODE SPACING; EXTRAPOLATION CHAMBER; IONIZATION CHARGE; PHYSIKALISCH-TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT; POINT OF MEASUREMENT; PRIMARY STANDARDS; SECONDARY ELECTRONS;

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EID: 65249153048     PISSN: 00261394     EISSN: 16817575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0026-1394/46/1/012     Document Type: Article

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