Measured lung dose correction factors for 50 MV photons

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 3225-3234

  Blomquist, Michael ^a   Karlsson, Mikael ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYSTYRENE; WATER;

ARTICLE; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; LUNG FLUID; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIATION; PHANTOM; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIODENSITOMETRY; X RAY FILM;

EID: 0031796593     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/43/11/005     Document Type: Article

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