Measured electron energy and angular distributions from clinical accelerators

Medical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 675-684

  Deasy, J O ^a   Almond, P R ^a   McEllistrem, M T ^b  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

angular distributions; electron; energy spectra; radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

DISSOCIATION; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRONS; FULL WIDTH AT HALF MAXIMUM; GAUSSIAN BEAMS; RADIOTHERAPY; SCANNING; SPECTROSCOPY;

ANGULAR SPREADS; ELECTRON ENERGIES; ELECTRON ENERGY SPECTRUM; ENERGY SPECTRA; FULL WIDTH AT HALF MAXIMUM INTENSITIES; MAGNETIC SPECTROMETERS; SCATTERED ELECTRONS; STANDARD DEVIATION;

ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON; ENERGY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOTHERAPY; SPECTROMETER;

EID: 0030022887     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597817     Document Type: Article

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