The ratio of stopping powers of water an
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Helmut Paul; Oksana Geithner; Oliver Jäkel
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Article
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2007
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Elsevier Science
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English
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For the purpose of dosimetry in radiation therapy, one uses air filled ionization chambers and converts the reading to absorbed dose in water which is the standard reference medium. For this conversion, an accurate knowledge of the stopping powers of water and air is required. Since experimental dat