Protocol for the determination of absorbed dose from high-energy photon and electron beams

Journal Article · Tue Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1983 · Med. Phys.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5454038

A protocol is given to provide radiological physicists with an accurate means of measuring radiation doses on phantoms. Plastics, as well as water, are considered as phantoms. A new quantity, the cavity-gas calibration factor, is introduced.(AIP)

• OSTI ID: 5454038
• Journal Information: Med. Phys.; (United States), Vol. 10:6
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

61 RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY
ELECTRON DOSIMETRY
IONIZATION CHAMBERS
GAMMA DOSIMETRY
CALIBRATION
PHANTOMS
X-RAY DOSIMETRY
AIR
CORRECTIONS
MEV RANGE
PLASTICS
RADIATION DOSES
RADIOTHERAPY
STOPPING POWER
TISSUES
WALL EFFECTS
WATER
BODY
DOSES
DOSIMETRY
ENERGY RANGE
FLUIDS
GASES
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
MATERIALS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MEDICINE
MOCKUP
NUCLEAR MEDICINE
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PETROCHEMICALS
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
RADIATION DETECTORS
RADIOLOGY
STRUCTURAL MODELS
SYNTHETIC MATERIALS
THERAPY
655003* - Medical Physics- Dosimetry