Low-pressure measurements of energy depositions in nanometre objects with a single ionisation chamber in a 60 Co beam using the variance-covariance method

• Dose -mean lineal energies were measured using the variance-covariance method and commercial ionisation chambers in a therapy level 60 Co field at several different air pressures. The results confirmed the trend from previous studies and the experimental data was extended down to a simulated object diameter of 4.2 nm using a low -noise electrometer. The variance-covariance method was adapted to consecutive charge integrations from a single ionisation chamber and used to correct for signal variations due to pressure drifts in the ion chamber. Monte Carlo simulations using MCNP 6.2 were performed, and the results follow the trend of the experimental values in the nanometric region.

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MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Klinisk medicin -- Radiologi och bildbehandling (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Clinical Medicine -- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging (hsv//eng)

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Nanodosimetry

Microdosimetry

Dose-mean lineal energy

Variance-covariance method

MCNP 6.2

Ionisation chamber

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