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Performance of an off-the-shelf clinical linac for radiation standards dosimetry

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ConferenceAbsDos 2003, Workshop on Recent Advances in Absorbed Dose Standards, August 19-21, 2003, Melbourne, Australia
Physical description14 p.
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A clinical linear accelerator has been installed and commissioned at the National Research Council of Canada. Detailed testing of the linac has shown that in standard specification it can be used for reference dosimetry with a precision of better than 0.1%. Investigations focussed on geometrical precision, energy constancy, calibration of the monitor chamber, and doserate stability, and in all cases the performance exceeded the minimum required for standards-level dosimetric measurements. The ease of use, particularly in terms of selecting energy and doserate, together with this level of performance makes a clinical accelerator a viable option for the primary standards laboratory.
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PublisherAustralian Government. Australian Radiation Protectionand Nuclear Safety Agency
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  • AbsDos 2003: Proceedings of a Workshop on Recent Advances in Absorbed Dose Standards (21 August 2003).
LanguageEnglish
NRC numberNRC-INMS-4049
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NPARC number8898230
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