Design and experimental testing of air slab caps which convert commercial electron diodes into dual purpose, correction-free diodes for small field dosimetry

Medical Physics

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Charles, P H ^a,b   Cranmer Sargison, G ^c,d   Thwaites, D I ^e   Kairn, T ^b,f   Crowe, S B ^b   Pedrazzini, G ^g   Aland, T ^g   Kenny, J ^g   Langton, C M ^e   Trapp, J V ^e  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c SASKATCHEWAN CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f WESLEY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g Epworth Richmond   (Australia)

Author keywords

air; correction free; diode; dosimetry; nonequilibrium; output factors; small field

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; ELECTRONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

AIR GAP THICKNESS; AIR SLABS; CORRECTION-FREE; DETECTOR DIODES; ELECTRON DIODES; EXPERIMENTAL TESTING; FIELD SIZE; NON EQUILIBRIUM; OUTPUT FACTORS; SMALL FIELD;

DIODES;

SILICON; WATER;

AIR GAP THICKNESS; ARTICLE; DENSITY; DIODE; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SIMULATION; THICKNESS; AIR; ALGORITHM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDY; MATERIALS TESTING; PROCEDURES; RADIOMETRY; UNCERTAINTY;

AIR; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; MATERIALS TESTING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIOMETRY; UNCERTAINTY; WATER;

EID: 84907100863     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: 24734209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4894728     Document Type: Article

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