Application of the scaling factor method to estimation of beta dose distributions for dissimilar media separated by a planar interface

Medical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1478-1486

  Marcu, Silviu M ^a   Prestwich, William V ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beta dosimetry; Scaling factor method

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; PHASE INTERFACES; RADIOTHERAPY;

DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; HOMOGENEOUS MEDIA; ISOTROPIC SOURCES; MONTE CARLO CALCULATION; MONTE CARLO TECHNIQUES; PLANAR INTERFACE; RENORMALIZATION; SCALING FACTORS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ARTICLE; BETA RADIATION; CALCULATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031843812     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598322     Document Type: Article

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