Published March 1991
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Journal article
Determination of dose enhancement in cortical bone substitute material for electron beams
Creators
- 1. Physics Section, Division of Radiological Sciences, Department of Radiology, SUNY, Health Science Center, Syracuse, New York 13210 (USA)
Description
Dose measurements in Witt liquid, which simulates cortical bone, have been compared with dose in water for 6-, 9-, 12-, and 15-MeV electron beams. Measurements were made using a Farmer ionization chamber. The results of the study show dose enhancement in Witt liquid of 5%, 7%, 4%, and 0.4% for 6-, 9-, 12-, and 15 MeV electrons at shallow depths. The dose to a small mass of soft tissue in bone has also been estimated using ionization measurements. The results show a significantly higher dose in bone
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Medical Physics
- Journal Volume
- 18
- Journal Issue
- 2
- Series
- Med. Phys.
- Journal Page Range
- 324-325
- ISSN
- 0094-2405
- CODEN
- MPHYA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 22060183
- Subject category
- S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY;
- Descriptors DEI
- BONE TISSUES; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; MEV RANGE 01-10; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; TISSUE-EQUIVALENT MATERIALS
- Descriptors DEC
- BEAMS; BODY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DOSIMETRY; ENERGY RANGE; LEPTON BEAMS; MATERIALS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MEV RANGE; PARTICLE BEAMS; RADIATION DETECTORS; TISSUES