| Zugriffsnummer | 18930 |
| Dokumenttyp | Zeitschriftenartikel |
| Sprache | Englisch |
| Titel | The PTB water calorimeter for the absolute determination of absorbed dose to water in 60Co radiation |
| Autor(in); Institution |
Krauss, Achim; 6.2, Dosimetrie für die Strahlentherapie, PTB-Braunschweig
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| Quelle/Jahr | Metrologia: 43 (2006), 3, 259 - 272 |
| ISSN | 0026-1394 |
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| Verlag | Bristol [u.a.]: IOP Publ. [u.a.] |
| Freie Schlagworte | absorbed dose to water ; water calorimeter ; primary standard ; Co-60 radiation ; uncertainty budget |
| Zusammenfassung | The quantity to be measured in dosimetry for radiation therapy is the absorbed dose to water, Dw. At the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt a water calorimeter is established as the primary standard for Dw in 60Co radiation under reference conditions. The water calorimeter is capable of measuring the absorbed dose to water with a combined standard uncertainty of 0.20%. Some aspects of the design and operation of the water calorimeter are discussed. Detailed experimental and theoretical investigations for the different influence quantities affecting the calorimetric results are presented. |
