A robust method for determining the absorbed dose to water in a phantom for low-energy photon radiation

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3387-3402

  Schneider, T ^a  

^a PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBED DOSE; AIR KERMA; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALORIMETRIC METHODS; CONVERSION FACTOR; CROSS SECTION; ENERGY RANGES; EXTRAPOLATION CHAMBER; INTEGRAL PART; LOW DOSE RATE; LOW ENERGY PHOTONS; LOW-ENERGY RANGE; MASS ENERGY TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; NIST DATABASE; PARALLEL PLATES; RADIATION FIELD; RELATIVE UNCERTAINTY; ROBUST METHODS; STEEP GRADIENTS;

ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DOSIMETRY; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXTRAPOLATION; PALLADIUM; X RAY TUBES;

PHOTONS;

WATER;

ARTICLE; FACTUAL DATABASE; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON; RADIOMETRY; UNCERTAINTY;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; RADIOMETRY; UNCERTAINTY; WATER;

EID: 79956143498     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/11/013     Document Type: Article

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