Simulation study of the influence of water equivalent ratio energy dependence of absorber materials on measurement of multilayer ionization chamber

Shuaizhe GU; Zhiling CHEN; Ye LIN; Qi LIU; Haobo BAI; Yuhang ZOU; Xiufang LI; Deming LI

doi:10.11889/j.0253-3219.2024.hjs.47.110201

NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, Volume. 47, Issue 11, 110201(2024)

Simulation study of the influence of water equivalent ratio energy dependence of absorber materials on measurement of multilayer ionization chamber

Shuaizhe GU^1,2,4, Zhiling CHEN^3,4, Ye LIN^3,4, Qi LIU⁵, Haobo BAI^1,2,4, Yuhang ZOU^1,2,4, Xiufang LI^3,4、*, and Deming LI¹

Author Affiliations

¹Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China

²University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

³Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201210, China

⁴Shanghai Key Laboratory of Proton-therapy, Shanghai 201801, China

⁵Cancer Center, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430023, China

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Shuaizhe GU, Zhiling CHEN, Ye LIN, Qi LIU, Haobo BAI, Yuhang ZOU, Xiufang LI, Deming LI. Simulation study of the influence of water equivalent ratio energy dependence of absorber materials on measurement of multilayer ionization chamber[J]. NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, 2024, 47(11): 110201

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Received: Jan. 17, 2024

Accepted: --

Published Online: Jan. 2, 2025

The Author Email: LI Xiufang (LIXiufang)

DOI:10.11889/j.0253-3219.2024.hjs.47.110201

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