Modelling clinical accelerator beams: A review

Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 131-150

  Ebert, M A ^a,b   Hoban, P W ^c   Keall, P J ^a,b  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beam modelling; Linear accelerators; Review

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BIOPHYSICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; ELECTRON; HUMAN; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; REVIEW; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; BIOPHYSICS; ELECTRONS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

CLINICAL ACCELERATOR BEAMS; COLLIMATION SYSTEMS; PHYSICAL BEAM; RADIATION BEAMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSE CALCULATION ALGORITHMS;

ALGORITHMS; CALCULATIONS; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIOTHERAPY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

LINEAR ACCELERATORS;

EID: 0030222480     PISSN: 01589938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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