Calculated depth dose distributions for proton beams in some low-Z materials

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1175-1183

  Palmans, Hugo ^a   Verhaegen, Frank ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION;

AIR; ALUMINUM; BIOPHYSICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAPHITE; HUMANS; METHYLMETHACRYLATES; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PLASTICS; POLYSTYRENES; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SCATTERING, RADIATION; WATER;

EID: 0030958329     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/42/6/013     Document Type: Article

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