The PTB water calorimeter for determining the absolute absorbed dose to water in ultra-high pulse dose rate electron beams

A Bourgouin, T Hackel, RP Kapsch - Physics in Medicine & …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. The purpose of this investigation is to establish the water calorimeter as the
primary standard in PTB's ultra-high pulse dose rate (UHPDR) 20 MeV reference electron …

The probe‐format graphite calorimeter, Aerrow, for absolute dosimetry in ultrahigh pulse dose rate electron beams

A Bourgouin, F Keszti, AA Schönfeld, T Hackel… - Medical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose The purpose of this investigation is to evaluate the use of a probe‐format graphite
calorimeter, Aerrow, as an absolute and relative dosimeter of high‐energy pulse dose rate …

Calorimeter measurements of absolute dose in aluminum, a surrogate of bone, to validate dose-to-medium in Acuros XB

S Szpala, J Renaud, BR Muir… - Physics in Medicine …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. While the accuracy of dose calculations in water with Acuros XB is well
established, experimental validation of dose in bone is limited. Acuros XB reports both dose …

A novel calorimeter for synchrotron produced monochromatic x‐ray beams

I El Gamal, J Dessureault, MR McEwen - Medical Physics, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Electron synchrotrons produce x‐ray beams with dose rates orders of
magnitude greater than conventional x‐ray tubes and with beam sizes on the order of a few …

The role of standards laboratories in reducing uncertainty in clinical dosimetry: A Canadian perspective

J Renaud, B Muir, M McEwen - Journal of Physics: Conference …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract As a National Metrology Institute, the National Research Council Canada (NRC)
provides confidence in measurement results, and data traceable to SI units. This paper …

A Novel Metrology Standard for Synchrotron Produced Monochromatic X-ray Beams

IMM El Gamal - 2023 - repository.library.carleton.ca
Purpose: X-ray beams produced using synchrotrons have unique properties that are of
interest to radiotherapy investigations and the characterization of radiation detectors. To …