title: Water calorimeter dosimetry for 160 MeV protons.
abstract: The absorbed dose to water from a 160 MeV proton beam as determined by a flexible, temperature regulated, sealed glass core, water calorimeter was compared to that determined from ionization chambers used in accordance with AAPM Report 16. The ratios of these doses as obtained from two experiments done over four months apart, are 0.992 +/- 0.004 and 0.990 +/- 0.004. As there are no radiation dependent parameters required for the water calorimeter, these data add to the growing body of evidence which supports the use of the calorimeter as a reliable absorbed dose standard. They also support the use of 60Co-calibrated ionization chambers used in accordance with AAPM Report 16 for the dosimetry of proton beams.
authors.affiliation: Department of Therapeutic Radiology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Schulz
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Verhey
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Huq
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Venkataramanan
mesh_terms: D002151:Calorimetry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D010315:Particle Accelerators; D011522:Protons; D011874:Radiometry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D014867:Water
chemical_list: D011522:Protons; D014867:Water