Mass-density compensation can improve the performance of a range of different detectors under non-equilibrium conditions

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 8295-8310

  Underwood, T S A ^a   Winter, H C ^b   Hill, M A ^a   Fenwick, J D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATED DETECTORS; CORRECTION FACTORS; DETECTOR DESIGN; ELECTRONIC EQUILIBRIUM; MEASUREMENT VOLUME; NONEQUILIBRIUM CONDITIONS; VOLUME-AVERAGING; WATER STRUCTURE;

DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

DETECTORS;

DIAMOND;

DEVICES; ELECTRON; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROCEDURES; RADIOMETRY;

DIAMOND; ELECTRONS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIOMETRY;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84888621372     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/58/23/8295     Document Type: Article

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