Electron dose calculations using the method of moments

Medical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 111-125

  Larsen, Edward W ^a   Miften, Moyed M ^b,d   Fraass, Benedick A ^b   Bruinvis, Iaïn A D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^d THREE T Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

dose calculation; electron beam; Gaussian; Method of Moments

Indexed keywords

BOLTZMANN EQUATION; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

DOSE CALCULATION; GAUSSIANS; LINEAR BOLTZMANN EQUATION; MONTE CARLO CALCULATION; NUMERICAL COMPARISON; SMALL ANGLE SCATTERING; SOURCE OF ELECTRONS; SPATIAL DISPLACEMENT;

METHOD OF MOMENTS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DOSE CALCULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; THEORY;

EID: 0031016587     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597920     Document Type: Article

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