Radiation quality of scattered photons at the maze entrance of radiotherapy rooms for photon beams of energy 0.5-30 MeV

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 299-302

  Al Affan, I A M ^a   Smith, C W ^a  

^a Velindre NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; PHOTON; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOTHERAPY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029824178     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a031833     Document Type: Article

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