Intercomparison of normalized head-scatter factor measurement techniques

Medical Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 249-253

  Frye, Douglas M D ^a   Jursinic, Paul ^a   Paliwal, Bhudatt R ^a   Thomadsen, Bruce R ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

dosimetry; head scatter factor; measurement; radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS;

CYLINDRICAL BEAMS; INTERCOMPARISONS; MAXIMUM RATIO; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; MONITOR UNIT CALCULATIONS; NO CONTAMINATIONS; SCATTER FACTOR; SMALL FIELD SIZE;

PARTICLE BEAMS;

SCATTER FACTOR;

ARTICLE; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0028961527     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: NA     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597602     Document Type: Article

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