Development of a water calorimetry-based standard for absorbed dose to water in HDR 192Ir brachytherapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1914-1923

  Sarfehnia, Arman ^a   Seuntjens, Jan ^a  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Absolute dosimetry; Absorbed dose; TG 43; Water calorimetry

Indexed keywords

CALORIMETERS; CALORIMETRY; DOSIMETRY; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; SOURCE SEPARATION;

ABSORBED DOSE; CONDUCTION AND CONVECTIONS; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLUID; PROTOCOL MEASUREMENT; REFERENCE DOSIMETRY; SOURCE-TO-DETECTORS; TG-43; WATER CALORIMETRY;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 77950557112     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3366254     Document Type: Article

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