The determination of beam quality correction factors: Monte Carlo simulations and measurements

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 4723-4741

  Gonzalez Castao D M ^a   Hartmann, G H ^b   Snchez Doblado, F ^c,d   Gomez F ^a   Kapsch, R P ^e   Pena, J ^a   Capote, R ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN MACARENA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^e PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^f INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBED DOSE; ALTERNATIVE METHODS; CALIBRATION FACTORS; CALIBRATION PROCEDURE; CALIBRATION QUALITY; CORRECTION FACTORS; EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; GAMMA RADIATION; HIGH-ENERGY PHOTON BEAMS; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO CALCULATION; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; PRIMARY STANDARDS; RADIATION BEAMS; RADIATION QUALITY; STANDARD UNCERTAINTY; TWO BEAMS;

CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RAYS; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

COBALT 60;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CALORIMETER; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MEASUREMENT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; FEASIBILITY STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOMETRY; UNCERTAINTY;

FEASIBILITY STUDIES; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 70349774702     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/54/15/006     Document Type: Article

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