Possibilities for tailoring dose distributions through the manipulation of electron beam characteristics

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2065-2081

  Ebert, M A ^a,b,d   Hoban, P W ^c  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRON BEAM; ENERGY TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PHYSICS;

BIOPHYSICS; ELECTRONS; HUMANS; MUSCLES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY;

EID: 0030778474     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/42/11/005     Document Type: Article

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