Implementation of water calorimetry in a 180 MeV scanned pulsed proton beam including an experimental determination of kQ for a Farmer chamber

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3287-3298

  Medin, Joakim ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBED DOSE; BUREAU INTERNATIONAL DES POIDS ET MESURES; CALORIMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; CODE OF PRACTICE; COMBINED UNCERTAINTY; CORRECTION FACTORS; DELIVERY TECHNIQUES; EXPERIMENTAL DETERMINATION; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; HIGH ENERGY; ION RECOMBINATION; MEAN ENERGY; RESIDUAL RANGE; SECONDARY STANDARD; WATER CALORIMETRY;

AGRICULTURE; CALORIMETERS; CALORIMETRY; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; PARTICLE DETECTORS; PROTON BEAMS; PROTONS;

IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS;

PROTON; WATER;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CALORIMETRY; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOMETRY;

CALIBRATION; CALORIMETRY; PROTONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; WATER;

EID: 77952652661     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/12/002     Document Type: Article

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