Proficiency test for calibration of well-type chambers using two types of sources

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Gonzalo Walwyn Salas
Markus Bambynek

Abstract

The Secondary Standard Dosimetry Laboratory of Cuba has implemented the calibration methodology of well-type chambers using the high dose rate sources. The use of different source types, at the hospital site as a modification of the procedure using other source types in a permanent facility of the primary laboratory leads to the need to evaluate the performance of the secondary procedure for calibration. The present paper describes the proficiency test to Cuban laboratory by making a comparison of dosimetry standards used in Germany and Cuba.

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Walwyn Salas, G., & Bambynek, M. (1). Proficiency test for calibration of well-type chambers using two types of sources. Nucleus, (55). Retrieved from http://nucleus.cubaenergia.cu/index.php/nucleus/article/view/589
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Ciencias Nucleares

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