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Concerning comparisons of electron beam absorbed dose measurements in water and polystyrene
Author(s) -
Mattsson L. O.,
Nahum Alan E.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
medical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.473
H-Index - 180
eISSN - 2473-4209
pISSN - 0094-2405
DOI - 10.1118/1.595464
Subject(s) - absorbed dose , polystyrene , calibration , cathode ray , ionization , electron , beam (structure) , dosimetry , materials science , ionization chamber , atomic physics , nuclear medicine , physics , nuclear physics , optics , medicine , polymer , ion , quantum mechanics , composite material
The calibration of electron beam absorbed doses in water and polystyrene phantoms is discussed and compared to the work of Kase et al . [Med. Phys. 9 , 13 (1982)] who used different ionization chambers with electron beams at energies of 7.8 and 10.2 MeV. (AIP)