Charged photoparticle production in tissue during radiotherapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 837-840

  Allen, Peter D ^a   Chaudhri, M Anwar ^b,c  

^a AUSTRALIAN RADIATION PROTECTION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AGENCY   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Photonuclear reactions; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; NEUTRON EMISSION; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY; TISSUE;

CHARGED PARTICLE EMISSION; NEUTRON YIELDS; PARTICLE PRODUCTION; PHOTON ENERGY RANGE; PHOTONUCLEAR REACTION; SOURCE DATA;

CHARGED PARTICLES;

ARTICLE; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE;

EID: 0030994566     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598004     Document Type: Article

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