Determining charge collection efficiency in parallel-plate liquid ionization chambers

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3677-3689

  Pardo Montero, J ^a,b   Gomez F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CLATTERBRIDGE CENTRE FOR ONCOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; DOSE MEASUREMENT; GAS CHAMBERS; HIGH-PRECISION; IONIZATION CHARGE; LIQUID IONIZATION CHAMBERS; PARALLEL PLATES; POLARIZATION VOLTAGE; SLOPE PARAMETER;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; LIQUIDS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

IONIZATION OF GASES;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; IONIZATION CHAMBER; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLUTIONS; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

EID: 70149094151     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/54/12/005     Document Type: Article

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