The British Journal of Radiology, Vol 73, Issue 868 425-428, Copyright © 2000 by British Institute of Radiology
Direct measurement of air kerma rate in air from CDCS J-type caesium-137 therapy sources using a Farmer ionization chamber
AJ Poynter
Suffolk Oncology Centre, Ipswich Hospital, UK.
A simple method for directly measuring the reference air kerma rate from
J-type 137Cs sources using a Farmer 2571 chamber has been evaluated. The
method is useful as an independent means of verifying manufacturers' test
data.