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A protocol for the determination of absorbed dose from high‐energy photon and electron beams
Medical Physics · 1983 · Vol. 10(6) · pp. 741–771
Task Group 21, Radiation Therapy Committee, AAPM✉
Abstract
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)
Advanced Radiotherapy TechniquesRadiation Dose and ImagingAdvanced X-ray and CT ImagingCalibrationDosimetryPhotonAbsorbed doseRadiationMedical physicsPhysicsProtocol (science)ElectronRadiological weapon
MeSH terms
CalibrationCobalt RadioisotopesElectronsGamma RaysModels, StructuralParticle AcceleratorsRadioisotope TeletherapyRadiometryRadiotherapy DosageRadiotherapy, High-Energy
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- National Cancer Institute
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