Published 2015 | Version v1
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Dose in water or dose in tissue. Still a theme of debate

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It is shown that the method used so Siebers to convert to Dw Dt, or vice versa, is incorrect. Due to the substantial difference between the electron fluence in water and various tissues, an additional correction for creep, several percent for some bone tissues, which is ignored in the method Siebers needed. Correction is necessary even if an environment that clinically adopted dose in tissue due to normalization of TPS because the beams are always calibrated in terms of absorbed dose in water. (Author)

Part of:
IV Joint Congress Spanish Societies of Medical Physics and Radiation Protection, 23-26 Jun 2015, Valencia (Spain)

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Original title (Spanish)
Dosis en agua o dosis en tejido-todavia un tema de debate

Publishing Information

Publisher
Editorial ADI
Imprint Place
Valencia (Spain)
Imprint Title
IV Joint Congress Spanish Societies of Medical Physics and Radiation Protection, 23-26 Jun 2015, Valencia (Spain)
Imprint Pagination
238 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 19

Conference

Title
4 Joint Congress Spanish Societies of Medical Physics and Radiation Protection
Original Conference Title
4 Congreso Conjunto Sociedad Espanola Fisica Medica y Proteccion Radiologica
Dates
23-26 Jun 2015
Place
Valencia (Spain)

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Country of Publication
Spain
Country of Input or Organization
Spain
INIS RN
47061501
Subject category
S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
DOSIMETRY; ENVIRONMENT; INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE; IONIZATION; IONIZING RADIATIONS; MEDICINE; PERSONNEL DOSIMETRY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION QUALITY; RADIATION SOURCES; RADIATIONS; RADIOACTIVITY; RELIABILITY; SAFETY; SPECTROSCOPY
Descriptors DEC
DOSIMETRY; MEDICINE; MONITORING; RADIATIONS

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Notes
Imprint:IV Congreso Conjunto Sociedad Espanola Fisica Medica y Proteccion Radiologica, 23-26 Junio 2015, Valencia (Espana)