Multiple scattering theory for total skin electron beam design

Medical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 851-859

  Antolak, John A ^a   Hogstrom, Kenneth R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron beams; Pencil beam theory; Total skin electron irradiation

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON IRRADIATION;

BEAM CONFIGURATION; MULTIPLE-SCATTERING THEORY; PENCIL BEAM; PREDICTIVE VALUES; SCATTERING SYSTEMS; THEORETICAL MODELING; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETERS; TOTAL SKIN ELECTRON BEAMS;

ELECTRONS;

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION CHAMBER; ELECTRON BEAM; ELECTRON RADIATION; IONIZATION CHAMBER; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION SCATTERING; SKIN; THEORY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER;

EID: 0031830645     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598295     Document Type: Article

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