Effective point of measurement of thimble ion chambers in megavoltage photon beams

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 96-107

  Tessier, Fŕd́ric ^a   Kawrakow, Iwan ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Effective point of measurement; Ionization chambers; Monte Carlo

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION OF GASES; IONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS;

BEAM CHARACTERISTICS; CORRECTION FACTORS; CYLINDRICAL CHAMBERS; EGSNRC MONTE CARLO; HIGH-ENERGY PHOTON BEAMS; MEGAVOLTAGE PHOTONS; POINT OF MEASUREMENT; REFERENCE DOSIMETRY;

IONIZATION CHAMBERS;

EID: 73649106543     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3266750     Document Type: Article

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