Dosimetric properties of a scanned beam microtron at low monitor unit settings: Importance for conformal therapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 329-335

  Humm, John L ^a   Larsson, Anders ^a   Lief, Eugene P ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

conformal therapy; dosimetry; flatness; low monitor unit settings; microtron; scanned beam

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRONS; MAGNETS; PHOTONS;

CONFORMAL THERAPY; DOSE RATE DEPENDENCE; DOSIMETRIC PROPERTIES; FLATNESS; FLATNESS DEVIATION; MONITOR UNITS; RACE-TRACK MICROTRON; SCANNED BEAM;

MICROTRONS;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAM; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION SCATTERING;

EID: 0029976278     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597662     Document Type: Article

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