A table of phantom scatter factors of photon beams as a function of the quality index and field size

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 563-571

  Storchi, P ^a   Van Gasteren, J J M ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Arnhems Radiotherapeutisch Instituut   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; LIGHT; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; BIOPHYSICS; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 0029962021     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/41/3/016     Document Type: Article

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