Beam profiles for x-ray rotation therapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 879-884

  Cormack, R A ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Beam modifier; Numerical method; Rotation therapy

Indexed keywords

INTEGRAL EQUATIONS;

ANALYTIC SOLUTION; BEAM CONFIGURATION; BEAM MODIFIER; BEAM PROFILES; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; RADIAL VARIATIONS;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION SCATTERING; TREATMENT PLANNING; X RAY DOSE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031859011     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598263     Document Type: Article

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