10 MV x-ray zero-area phantom scatter correction factors (S(p)) obtained using three extrapolation methods

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2627-2634

  Iwasaki, Akira ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; X-RAYS;

EID: 0029827493     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/41/12/003     Document Type: Article

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