Direct measurement of absorbed dose to water in HDR i 192 r brachytherapy: Water calorimetry, ionization chamber, Gafchromic film, and TG-43

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1924-1932

  Sarfehnia, Arman ^a   Kawrakow, Iwan ^b   Seuntjens, Jan ^a  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Absorbed dose; Dosimetry; Gafchromic film dosimetry; HDR; Ionometry; TG 43; Water calorimetry

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CALORIMETERS; CALORIMETRY; DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ABSORBED DOSE; GAFCHROMIC FILMS; IONOMETRY; TG-43; WATER CALORIMETRY;

IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS;

EID: 77950554933     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3352685     Document Type: Article

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