“Absorbed Dose and Air Kerma Primary Standards” Workshop presentations

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Session A  - Water Calorimetry I
Oral  A1 

   

Application of water calorimetry as absorbed dose to water standards for radiotherapy dosimetry
A. Krauss
 A2  Water calorimeter-based electron beam reference dosimetry and determination of beam quality conversion factors for clinical electron beams
K.J. Stewart, C.K. Ross, N.V. Klassen, J.P. Seuntjens
 A3 

   

A high-resolution ultrasonic thermometer for measuring absorbed dose in water calorimeters
H. Heather Chen-Mayer, R. Tosh
 Poster   A4    Studies of heat transport from a point source in the NIST Domen water calorimeter
H. Heather Chen-Mayer, R. Tosh
Session B  - Water Calorimetry II
Oral  B1    Vessel designs and correction factors for water calorimetry
C.K. Ross, M.R. McEwen, N.V. Klassen
 B2 

   

What spectral methods can tell us about heat transfer effects in water calorimeters
R. Tosh, H. Heather Chen-Mayer
 B3  Development of a water calorimeter for medium-energy x-rays
L.A. de Prez, E. van Dijk, P.G.M. Damen
Session C  - Graphite Calorimetry I
Oral  C1 

   

Improvements in absorbed dose standards at ENEA-INMRI (Italy)
A.S. Guerra, C. Caporali, R.F. Laitano, M. Pimpinella
 C2 

   

Test of the new GR9 graphite calorimeter, comparison with GR8
J. Daures, A. Ostrowsky
 C3  The comparison of the ARPANSA and IAEA-K4 graphite calorimeters for the measurement of absorbed dose from 60Co
G. Ramanathan, D.V. Webb, D.J. Butler, C.P. Oliver
 C4  Determination of the specific heat capacity of graphite using absolute and differential methods
S. Picard, D. Burns, P. Roger
 Poster   C5    Recent advances on the BIPM absorbed dose calorimeter
S. Picard, D. Burns, P. Roger
 C6  Absorbed dose to graphite at LNHB : from GR8 to GR9 - a detailed fabrication process of GR9
A. Ostrowsky, J. Daures
 C7      Energy range and application enhancement of the BEV graphite calorimeter: first assignments and preliminary results
A. Baumgartner, J. Witzani, A. Leitner, F.J. Maringer
 C8  Heat defect in graphite calorimeters
G. Ramanathan
Session D  - Graphite Calorimetry II
Oral  D1    Improvements to the UK primary standard therapy level electron beam calorimeter
M. Bailey, G.A. Bass, E. Kirby, N.D. Lee, G.A. Mapp, D.R. Shipley
 D2  NACP-02 perturbation correction factors for NPL primary standard of absorbed dose to water in high energy electron beams
E. Chin, J. Seuntjiens, H. Palmas, A. DuSautoy, D. Shipley, M. Bailey, F. Verhaegen
 D3  Comparisons of calorimetric and ionometric measurements in heavy-ion beams
M. Sakama, T. Kanai, A. Fukumura
 D4  A prototype calorimeter for HDR Ir-192 brachytherapy sources
T. Sander, H. Palmans, S. Duane
Session E  - Ionization chambers-Low and medium energies
Oral  E1    Investigation of the standard temperature-pressure correction factor at low x-ray energies
D.J. La Russa, M. McEwen, D.W.O. Rogers
 E2  Correction for the charge of secondary electrons and Auger electrons during the measurement of air kerma and exposure by free air ionization chambers
N. Takata, A. Begum
 E3  Determination of the absorbed dose to water in water for x rays below 50 keV
T. Schneider, B. Lange, H.J. Selbach
 E4  Realization of reference air-kerma rate for low-energy photon sources used in brachytherapy
H.-J. Selbach, H.-M. Kramer
 Poster   E5    Measuring conditions for medical diagnostic X-rays at LNHB
M. Denozičre, W. Ksouri
 E6  BIPM standard for mammography
C. Kessler
 E7  Dosimetric references for medium energy x-rays at LNHB: progress
W. Ksouri, M. Denozičre
 E8      The effect of scattering photons for x-ray air-kerma calibrations
T. Kurosawa, Y. Morishita, T. Matsumoto, N. Saito
Session F  - Ionization chambers-Kerma
Oral  F1    A new method to determine effective air volume for the BIPM ionometric standards
D.T. Burns, C. Kessler, P. Roger
 F2  The primary standard for air kerma for 60Co and 137Cs photon beams in the Netherlands
E. van Dijk
 F3      Air kerma primary standard: experimental and simulation studies on Cs-137
J. Cardoso, C. Oliveira, L. Santos
Session G  - Special standards
Oral  G1    Traceability and absorbed dose standards for small fields, IMRT and helical tomotherapy
S. Duane, H. Palmans, P. Sharpe, S. Vynckier
 G2  NPL’s progress towards absorbed dose standards for proton beams
H. Palmans, R. Thomas, D. Shipley, A. Kacperek
 G3  A proposal for primary standards of absorbed dose in a beta field
T.P. Selvan, P.R.B. Saull, D.W.O. Rogers
 G4      Dosimetry in synchrotron radiation beam by ionization air chambers
M. Bovi, M. Pimpinella, M.P. Toni, K. Casarini, E. Quai, G. Tromba, A. Vascotto, D. Dreossi
 Poster   G5    The development of a calibration service for ophthalmic applicators
G.A. Bass, M.J. Palmer
 G6  Dosimetry in support of non intrusive inspection of cargo containers
P. M. Bergstrom
Session H  - Ionization chambers-Absorbed dose
Oral  H1      Evaluation of different methods for determining the magnitude of initial recombination in ionization chambers
K. Derikum
 H2  Monte Carlo calculations for the BIPM ionometric standard for absorbed dose to water 
D.T. Burns
 H3  Comparison of ionometric and calorimetric determination of absorbed dose to water for cobalt-60 gamma rays
L. Büermann, E. Gargioni, G. Hilgers, A. Krauss
 Poster   H4    Monte Carlo simulation of a graphite ionisation chamber
J. Solc, V. Sochor
Session I  - Ionization chambers-Linacs
Oral  I1    Experimental beam quality correction factors kQ determined in clinical high-energy photon beams
A.H.L. Aalbers, M.T. Hoornaert, A. Minken, H. Palmans, M.W.H. Pieksma, L. de Prez, N. Reynaert, S. Vinckier, F.W. Wittkämper
 I2  Direct calibration of ionization chambers in linac electron beams
M.R. McEwen, C.K. Ross
 I3  Experimental kQQ0 electron beam quality correction factors for the type NACP02 and PTW34001 plane parallel chambers
G. Stucki, S. Voros
 I4      Procedures for absorbed dose to water determination in high energy photon and electron beams by ferrous sulphate dosimeter at ENEA-INMRI (Italy)
M. Pimpinella, A.S. Guerra, S. La Civita, R.F. Laitano

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