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Detector composition

Diodes housing, shielding, sensitive volume

Ionization chambers wall, central electrode, air cavity

Crop el al (2009), PMB,54(9), 2951-2969, 2009

In recent years, Monte Carlo methods have been invaluable in analysing in detail various types of perturbation factors and from these deriving a total perturbation correction factor for ionisation chambers.

C. McKerracher, D.I. Thwaites / Radiotherapy and Oncology 79 (2006) 348–351