On the calculation of mean restricted collision stopping powers

Medical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 758-772

  Tomé, Wolfgang A ^a   Palta, Jatinder R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Charged particle spectra; Collision stopping power; Dosimetry; Photon spectrum

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DOSIMETRY; NEUTRON EMISSION; PHOTONS;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; FIELD SIZE; FIRST ORDER; HIGH-Z MATERIAL; PHOTON FLUENCE; PHOTON SPECTRA; STOPPING POWER;

CHARGED PARTICLES;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON; ENERGY; PHANTOM; POSITRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTRUM; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031860135     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598258     Document Type: Article

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