Forward dose perturbation at high atomic number interfaces in kilovoltage x-ray beams

Medical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1781-1787

  Das, Indra J ^a  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose perturbation; Forward scatter; High Z; Interface dosimetry; Kilovoltage

Indexed keywords

FORWARD SCATTERING; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS; TISSUE;

DOSE ENHANCEMENTS; DOSE PERTURBATION; ENERGY DEPENDENT; EXPONENTIAL ATTENUATION; HIGH Z; HOMOGENEOUS MEDIUM; KILOVOLTAGE; PHOTON TRANSMISSION;

ATOMS;

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; DOSIMETRY; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION SCATTERING; THICKNESS;

EID: 0030725369     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597943     Document Type: Article

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