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Conversion Factors for Determining Dose Equivalent Quantities from Absorbed Dose in Air for Photon Radiation

K. Hohlfeld, B. Grosswendt

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Monte Carlo conversion factors from absorbed dose in air to dose equivalent index, depth dose and mean dose equivalent are given for a 30 cm ICRU sphere and compared with various experimentally determined values.

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Monte Carlo conversion factors from absorbed dose in air to dose equivalent index, depth dose and mean dose equivalent are given for a 30 cm ICRU sphere and compared with various experimentally determined values.

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Monte Carlo conversion factors from absorbed dose in air to dose equivalent index, depth dose and mean dose equivalent are given for a 30 cm ICRU sphere and compared with various experimentally determined values.

Key concepts: Absorbed dose, Equivalent dose, Monte Carlo method, Percentage depth dose curve, Photon, Radiation, Effective dose (radiation), Radiation dose

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