Linear accelerator photon beam quality at off-axis points

Medical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 233-239

  Yu, M K ^a   Sloboda, R S ^a   Murray, B ^a  

^a CROSS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HARDENING; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHANTOMS; PHOTOELECTRONS; TRANSMISSIONS;

ABSORBER THICKNESS; ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT; BEAM HARDENING; FLATTENING FILTERS; HIGH-ENERGY PHOTON BEAMS; PHANTOM SURFACE; TRANSMISSION DATA; TRANSMITTED INTENSITIES;

PHOTONS;

WATER;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; LIGHT; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION PHYSICS; X IRRADIATION;

EID: 0031045090     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598069     Document Type: Article

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