Replacement correction factors for cylindrical ion chambers in electron beams

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 4600-4608

  Wang, L L W ^a   Rogers, D W O ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

EGSnrc; Electron beams; Fluence correction; Gradient correction; Ion chamber dosimetry; Monte Carlo; Replacement correction factors

Indexed keywords

DISSOCIATION; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

CORRECTION FACTORS; EGSNRC; FLUENCE CORRECTION FACTORS; FLUENCES; HIGH ENERGY ELECTRON BEAMS; LOW ENERGY ELECTRON BEAMS; MONTE CARLO CALCULATION; WALL CORRECTION FACTORS;

ELECTRONS;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAM; IMAGE QUALITY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MEASUREMENT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 70349658752     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3213094     Document Type: Article

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