Monte Carlo calculated correction factors for diodes and ion chambers in small photon fields

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2431-2444

  Czarnecki, D ^a   Zink, K ^a,b  

^a University of Applied Science   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAM SPOT SIZE; CORRECTION FACTORS; DIODE DETECTORS; EGSNRC MONTE CARLO; PRIMARY ELECTRONS; SCATTER FACTOR; SMALL FIELD SIZE; STOPPING POWER;

DIODES; ELECTRON BEAMS; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS;

DETECTORS;

SILICON;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON; RADIOMETRY;

ELECTRODES; ELECTRONS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHOTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SILICON;

EID: 84875927409     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/58/8/2431     Document Type: Article

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