Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB): Division 6 (Ionizing Radiation)

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Division 6 (Ionizing Radiation)

Department or working group

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Head of Department

Dr. Dirk Arnold, Dir. u. Prof.

Department 6.1

Phone: 0531-592-6100

Fax: 0531-592-6305

Radiotherapy with radioactive sources
Calibration of ionization chambers

Head of Working Group

Dr. Ralf-Peter Kapsch, ORR

Working Group 6.21

Phone: 0531-592-6210

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Dosimetry in external radiotherapy
Calibration of ionization chambers

Head of Working Group

Dr. Ralf-Peter Kapsch, ORR

Working Group 6.21

Phone: 0531-592-6210

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Quality assurance for radiotherapy
Data base "measurement audits"

Head of Working Group

Dr. Ralf-Peter Kapsch, ORR

Working Group 6.21

Phone: 0531-592-6210

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Fundamentals of radiobiology
Irradiation of blood samples

Head of Working Group

Dr. Hans-Joachim Selbach, Reg.Dir

Working Group 6.22

Phone: 0531-592-6220

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Intravascular brachytherapy
Beta-secondary standard for brachtherapy

Head of Working Group

Dr. Hans-Joachim Selbach, Reg.Dir

Working Group 6.22

Phone: 0531-592-6220

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Interstitial brachytherapy
Large volume extrapolation chamber for the calibration of ¹²⁵I- and ¹⁰³Pd-seeds

Head of Working Group

Dr. Hans-Joachim Selbach, Reg.Dir

Working Group 6.22

Phone: 0531-592-6220

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Primary standard for brachytherapy
Multi-electrod extrapolation chamber for the calibration of clinical beta-sources

Head of Working Group

Dr. Achim Krauss, ORR

Working Group 6.23

Phone: 0531-592-6230

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Water calorimetry for high energy photon- and electron radiation
Realization of the unit of absorbed dose to water

Head of Working Group

Dr. Mathias Anton, ORR

Working Group 6.24

Phone: 0531-592-6240

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Dosimetry for radiation therapy with high energy photons and electrons
Alanine dosimetry at a secondary standard

Head of Working Group

Dr. Ulrich Giesen, ORR

Working Group 6.41

Phone: 0531-592-6410

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Calorimetry for absorbed dose to water determination in radiation fields for neutron, proton and ¹²C therapy
Calibration of ionisation chambers

Head of Department

Dr. Helmut Schuhmacher, Dir. u. Prof.

Department 6.5

Phone: 0531-592-6500

Fax: 0531-592-6505

Mircodosimetric investigations for external radiotherapy
Track structure of high-energy ions

Head of Working Group

Dr. Gerhard Hilgers, ORR

Working Group 6.62

Phone: 0531-592-6620

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Testing of diagnostic dosimeter
Examples of approved ionisation chambers

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