The dose response functions of ionization chambers in photon dosimetry - Gaussian or non-Gaussian?

Zeitschrift fur Medizinische Physik

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 129-143

  Looe, Hui Khee ^a,b   Stelljes, Tenzin Sonam ^a,b   Foschepoth, Simon ^c   Harder, Dietrich ^d   Willborn, Kay ^a   Poppe, Björn ^a,b  

^a PIUS HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^c Malteser Krankenhaus   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dose response function; Fourier analysis; Gaussian distribution; Ionization chambers; Monte Carlo simulation; Photon beam dosimetry; Standard deviation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; GAUSSIAN FUNCTION; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON; PHOTON DOSIMETRY; RADIATION DOSE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PHOTONS; RADIOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 84878484627     PISSN: 09393889     EISSN: 18764436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zemedi.2012.12.010     Document Type: Article

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