Practical approach to electron beam dosimetry at extended SSD

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1505-1514

  Cygler, Joanna ^a   Li, X Allen ^a   Ding, George X ^a   Lawrence, Edward ^a  

^a OTTAWA REGIONAL CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAM; ENERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ELECTRONS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 0030875108     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/42/8/003     Document Type: Article

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