Neutron sources in the varian clinac 2100C/2300C medical accelerator calculated by the EGS4 code

Health Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 524-529

  Mao, X S ^a   Kase, K R ^a   Liu, J C ^a   Nelson, W R ^a   Kleck, J H ^b   Johnsen, S ^b  

^a SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^b VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

computer calculations; medical radiation; Monte Carlo; neutrons

Indexed keywords

TUNGSTEN;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ELECTRON; EQUIPMENT; MODEL; NEUTRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030951805     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199704000-00003     Document Type: Article

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