The extrapolation chamber is a parallel-plate ionization chamber that allows variation of its air-cavity volume. In this work, an experimental study and MCNP-4C Monte Carlo code …
SK Dias, LVE Caldas - Journal of Applied Physics, 2001 - pubs.aip.org
Measurements of absorbed dose rates in air and tissue produced by low-energy x radiation are often difficult to obtain with accuracy. The recommended instruments for these …
SK Dias, LVE Caldas - Journal of applied physics, 1999 - pubs.aip.org
An absolute determination of the absorbed dose rates to tissue from a Sr 90 Sr+ 90 Y β-ray secondary standard source was attempted using an extrapolation chamber developed at the …
ML Oliveira, LVE Caldas - Applied radiation and isotopes, 2007 - Elsevier
An extrapolation minichamber was developed for measuring doses from weakly penetrating types of radiation. The chamber was tested at the radiotherapeutic dose level in a beam from …
M Arib, R Ayad, H Alhamdan, M Ababtain… - Applied Radiation and …, 2023 - Elsevier
An extrapolation chamber of type Böhm 23392, used for the dosimetry of RQR beam qualities at the Secondary Standard Dosimetry Laboratory of King Faisal Specialist Hospital …
MT Yoshizumi, V Vivolo, LVE Caldas - Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 2010 - Elsevier
A new monitor ionization chamber was developed at Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares (IPEN) in order to monitor X-ray beams. The main difference of this monitor …
EAB da Silva, LVE Caldas - Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 2012 - Elsevier
Extrapolation chambers are instruments designed to measure doses of low-energy radiations, mainly beta radiation. In this work, a commercial extrapolation chamber and a …
PL Antonio, VS Carvalho, LVE Caldas - Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 2012 - Elsevier
Two secondary standard systems of beta radiation were used to calibrate a PTW extrapolation chamber Model 23391. Three 90Sr+ 90Y sources of different activities were …
Extrapolation chamber is the only primary standard dosimeter for beta radiation. With the aim to test new configurations and materials using easily-available and low-cost materials …