Characteristics of orthovoltage x-ray therapy beams at extended SSD for applicators with end plates

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 357-370

  Li, X Allen ^a   Salhani, D ^a   Ma, C M ^b,c  

^a OTTAWA REGIONAL CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOTHERAPY;

HUMANS; METHYLMETHACRYLATES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEOPLASMS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; X-RAYS;

EID: 0031056764     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/42/2/008     Document Type: Article

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