A new penumbra generator for electron fields matching

Medical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 485-495

  Lachance, B ^a   Tremblay, D ^a   Pouliot, J ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

beam edge modification; electron beam; field matching; penumbra generator

Indexed keywords

ABUTMENTS (BRIDGE); DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAMS; PLATE METAL;

BEAM EDGE; CONVENTIONAL TREATMENTS; DOSE VARIATIONS; FIELD SEPARATION; FIELD-MATCHING; ISODOSE DISTRIBUTION; PENUMBRA GENERATOR; SCATTERED ELECTRONS;

ELECTRONS;

ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEVICE; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAM; GEOMETRY; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; SUPERFICIAL CANCER; SURFACE PROPERTY; THORAX WALL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0030970131     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597932     Document Type: Article

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