Radiation therapy potential of intense backscattered compton photon beams

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 393, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 544-547

  Weeks, K J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DOSIMETRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; FREE ELECTRON LASERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ONCOLOGY; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY; TISSUE;

COMPTON PHOTON BACKSCATTERING;

PARTICLE BEAMS;

EID: 0031192510     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(97)00561-5     Document Type: Article

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