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CIRMS Needs Report

Identifying Needs in ionizing radiation science and technology

A.20.0 Absorbed Dose to Water Standards for Low-Energy X-ray Beams

Objective

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Requirements

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Background

As more and more electronic brachytherapy source manufacturers bring their products to the United States, there is more demand for an absorbed dose to water standard instead of air-kerma. There would be fewer corrections to account for chamber stems, chamber effective points of measurement, and air-to-water conversions if an absorbed dose to water standard were available.