Verification of TG-61 dose for synchrotron-produced monochromatic x-ray beams using fluence-normalized MCNP5 calculations

Medical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 7462-7469

  Brown, Thomas A D ^a   Hogstrom, Kenneth R ^a   Alvarez, Diane ^a   Matthews II, Kenneth L ^a   Ham, Kyungmin ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compton scatter; ionization chamber dosimetry; monochromatic x rays; Rayleigh scatter

Indexed keywords

AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; COMPTON SCATTERING; DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; IONS; IRRADIATION; NEUTRON EMISSION; PHANTOMS; PHOTONS; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; SODIUM IODIDE; X RAY SCATTERING;

DEPTH DOSE MEASUREMENTS; IONIZATION CHAMBER DOSIMETRY; LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY; MONOCHROMATIC X RAY BEAMS; MONOCHROMATIC X-RAYS; MONTE CARLO CALCULATION; SCATTERING CROSS SECTION; SCATTERING MEASUREMENTS;

X RAYS;

EID: 84870858363     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4761870     Document Type: Article

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