• DocumentCode
    1741145
  • Title

    Recent advances in water calorimetry at NPL

  • Author

    Williams, A.J. ; Rosser, K.E. ; Thomson, N.J. ; DuSautoy, A.R.

  • Author_Institution
    Centre for Ionising Radiat. Metrol., Nat. Phys. Lab., Teddington, UK
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    2000
  • Firstpage
    1692
  • Abstract
    At present, the primary standard at NPL for the measurement of absorbed dose in high energy electron and photon beams is a graphite calorimeter. However, the quantity of interest in radiation dosimetry is absorbed dose to water. Therefore, NPL is developing a new absorbed dose to water standard based on water calorimetry
  • Keywords
    calorimeters; dosimeters; dosimetry; measurement standards; particle calorimetry; absorbed dose to water standard; high energy electron beams; high energy photon beams; radiation dosimetry; radiotherapy treatment planning; temperature controlled water; thermistor sensors; water calorimetry; Calorimetry; Dosimetry; Electron beams; Energy measurement; Glass; Imaging phantoms; Structural beams; Temperature control; Temperature sensors; Water heating;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2000. Proceedings of the 22nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Chicago, IL
  • ISSN
    1094-687X
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-6465-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IEMBS.2000.900406
  • Filename
    900406