Monte Carlo simulation of a miniature, radiosurgery x-ray tube using the ITS 3.0 coupled electron-photon transport code

Medical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1551-1558

  Yanch, J C ^a   Harte, K J ^b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b Photoelectron Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION; INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; PHANTOMS; PHOTONS; X RAY PRODUCTION; X RAY TUBES;

CHARACTERISTIC LINES; ENERGY SPECTRA; MODEL AND SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO CODES; PHOTON DISTRIBUTIONS; PHOTON TRANSPORT; SIMULATED RESULTS; X RAY GENERATORS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ARTICLE; ENERGY; GENERATOR; MODEL; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY; SIMULATION; X RAY TUBE;

EID: 0029810298     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597885     Document Type: Article

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