Validation of reconstructed bremsstrahlung spectra between 6 MV and 25 MV from measured transmission data

Medical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 769-773

  Francois, P ^a   Coste, F ^a   Bonnet, J ^a   Caselles, O ^a  

^a INSTITUT CLAUDIUS REGAUD   (France)

Author keywords

high energy x ray spectra; narrow beam; spectral reconstruction; transmission curve

Indexed keywords

PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS; X RAYS;

DOSE ATTENUATION; HIGH ENERGY X RAY; MASS ENERGY ABSORPTION; NARROW BEAMS; QUALITY INDICES; SPECTRAL RECONSTRUCTION; TRANSMISSION CURVE; TRANSMISSION DATA;

TRANSMISSIONS;

ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BREMS RADIATION; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAM; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; TECHNIQUE; X RAY SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 0030912884     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597998     Document Type: Article

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