Using cavity theory to describe the dependence on detector density of dosimeter response in non-equilibrium small fields

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2901-2923

  Fenwick, John D ^a   Kumar, Sudhir ^b,c,d,e   Scott, Alison J D ^b,c   Nahum, Alan E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CLATTERBRIDGE CENTRE FOR ONCOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^e HOMI BHABHA NATIONAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMONDS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHANTOMS; PHOTONS;

ATOMIC COMPOSITIONS; DETECTOR MATERIALS; DIAMOND DETECTORS; ELECTRONIC EQUILIBRIUM; MONTE CARLO DATA; MONTE CARLO ESTIMATES; PHOTON INTERACTIONS; SENSITIVE VOLUME;

DRIERS (MATERIALS);

WATER;

ARTICLE; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOMETRY;

MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; WATER;

EID: 84876503686     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/58/9/2901     Document Type: Article

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