Microionization chamber air-kerma calibration coefficients as a function of photon energy for x-ray spectra in the range of 20-250 kVp relative to 60Co

Medical Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Snow, J R ^a   Micka, J A ^a   Dewerd, L A ^a  

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

Author keywords

energy dependence; ionization chamber; low and medium energy x ray beams; microionization chamber

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CALIBRATION; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRODES; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; MICROCHANNELS; SILVER;

CALIBRATION COEFFICIENTS; CALIBRATION LABORATORIES; ENERGY DEPENDENCE; MEDIUM ENERGY; MICROIONIZATION CHAMBERS; REFERENCE DOSIMETRY; UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN; X-RAY APPLICATIONS;

X RAYS;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRODE; ENERGY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTRUM; X IRRADIATION; X RAY SPECTROMETRY; ALGORITHM; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; X RAY;

COBALT;

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MINIATURIZATION; PHOTONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES; X-RAYS;

EID: 84876191881     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4794491     Document Type: Article

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