Reference dosimetry at the Australian Synchrotron's imaging and medical beamline using free-air ionization chamber measurements and theoretical predictions of air kerma rate and half value layer

Jeffrey C Crosbie; Peter AW Rogers; Andrew W Stevenson; Christopher J Hall; Jessica E Lye; Terese Nordstrom; Stewart M Midgley; Robert A Lewis

Journal article

Reference dosimetry at the Australian Synchrotron's imaging and medical beamline using free-air ionization chamber measurements and theoretical predictions of air kerma rate and half value layer

Jeffrey C Crosbie, Peter AW Rogers, Andrew W Stevenson, Christopher J Hall, Jessica E Lye, Terese Nordstrom, Stewart M Midgley, Robert A Lewis

Medical Physics | AMER ASSOC PHYSICISTS MEDICINE AMER INST PHYSICS | Published : 2013

DOI: 10.1118/1.4803675

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Peter Rogers Author Obstetrics and Gynaecology Royal Women's Hospital/Mercy

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Funding Acknowledgements

P.A.W.R. and R.A.L. were in receipt of a project grant (Grant No. APP606614) from the National Health & Medical Research Council (NH&MRC) of Australia. J.C.C. is in receipt of an Early Career Researcher Fellowship from the NH&MRC of Australia. The authors acknowledge technical assistance and advice from the following individuals: K. Wootton, P. Bennetto (University of Melbourne), D. Hausermann, A. Maksimenko (The Australian Synchrotron), T. Ackerly, F. Gagliardi, N. Brouwer (Alfred Hospital), and D. Butler (ARPANSA). The authors thank the reviewers and Associate Editor of the paper for providing insightful and constructive comments.