Spectral reconstruction of clinical megavoltage photon beams and the implications of spectral determination on the dosimetry of such beams

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1507-1521

  Nisbet, A ^a,b   Weatherburn, H ^a   Fenwick, J D ^a,c   McVey, G ^a,c  

^a OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0031836439     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/43/6/010     Document Type: Article

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