An analytical respresentation of equivalent square field size in relation to surface dose

Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 194-196

  Butson, M J ^a,b   Mathur, J N ^b   Metcalfe, P E ^a,b  

^a Illawarra Cancer Care Centre   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Equivalent square; Photons; Surface dose

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOPHYSICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; PHOTON; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SKIN;

BIOPHYSICS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; SKIN;

EQUIVALENT SQUARE FIELD SIZE; PHOTON BEAMS; RECTANGULAR FIELDS; SKIN DOSE; SURFACE DOSE;

IONIZATION CHAMBERS; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PATIENT TREATMENT; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY; SKIN;

DOSIMETRY;

EID: 0030222479     PISSN: 01589938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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