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Detector size: a) volume averaging

The detector produces a signal that is proportional to the mean absorbed dose over its sensitive volume and this signal is affected by the homogeneity of the absorbed dose over the detection volume

Wuerfel, J. U., Medical Physics International Journal, vol 1, no 1, 2013 Andreo, P., The physics of small megavoltage photon beam dosimetry, Rad & Oncol, 126 (2018) 205-213