Characterization of a C 60 o unit at a secondary standard dosimetry laboratory: Monte Carlo simulations compared to measurements and results from the literature

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2777-2786

  Tedgren, Åsa Carlsson ^a,b   De Luelmo, Sandro ^b   Grindborg, Jan Erik ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Radiation Protection Authority   (Sweden)

Author keywords

60Co; Experimentally verified Monte Carlo; Radiation quality; Spectra

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; DOSIMETRY; PHANTOMS; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIOTHERAPY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DIFFERENT TREATMENTS; ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS; GEOMETRICAL MODELING; RADIATION QUALITY; RADIOBIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; SECONDARY STANDARD; SPECTRAL DIFFERENCES; ^60CO;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

COBALT;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; INTERNATIONALITY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIOMETRY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77953507653     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3392198     Document Type: Article

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