Dose rate and energy distributions of X rays from a linear accelerator at the maze entrance of a radiotherapy room by measurement and Monte Carlo simulation

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 273-277

  Al Affant, I A M ^a   Smitht, C W ^a   Morgan, H M ^b   Lillicrap, S C ^b  

^a Velindre NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL UNITED HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; NEUTRON RADIATION; PHANTOM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOTHERAPY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; X RAY;

EID: 0031782974     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032360     Document Type: Article

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