Effect of using an initial polyenergetic spectrum with the pencil-beam redefinition algorithm for electron-dose calculations in water

Medical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2176-2185

  Boyd, Robert A ^a   Hogstrom, Kenneth R ^a   Rosen, Isaac I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose algorithm verification; Electron energy spectrum; Electron pencil beam; Electron dose algorithm

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION;

ALGORITHM VERIFICATION; COLLABORATIVE WORKING; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; ELECTRON DOSE; ELECTRON ENERGY SPECTRUM; ELECTRON PENCIL BEAM; MEASUREMENT CONDITIONS; NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE;

ELECTRONS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; COLLIMATOR; DOSE CALCULATION; ELECTRON BEAM; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031738710     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598414     Document Type: Article

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