Ion recombination for ionization chamber dosimetry in a helical tomotherapy unit

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2876-2889

  Palmans, H ^a   Thomas, R A S ^a   Duane, S ^a   Sterpin, E ^b,c   Vynckier, S ^b  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite field; Helical tomotherapy; IMRT; Ion recombination; Ionization chamber; Small field

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; IRRADIATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTOIONIZATION; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY;

COMPOSITE FIELDS; HELICAL TOMOTHERAPY; IMRT; ION RECOMBINATION; SMALL FIELD;

IONS;

EID: 77953508466     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3427411     Document Type: Article

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