Measurements of electron beam peak scatter factors

Medical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 251-253

  Ding, G X ^a,b   Cygler, J E ^a  

^a OTTAWA REGIONAL CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electron beam; Peak scatter factors

Indexed keywords

DIODES; ELECTRON BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRONS; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; RADIATION DETECTORS; SILICON DETECTORS;

FLUENCE CORRECTION FACTORS; INCIDENT BEAMS; INCIDENT ELECTRON BEAMS; MEASUREMENTS OF; SCATTER FACTOR; SILICON DIODES; STOPPING POWER; WATER PHANTOM;

IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON BEAM; IONIZATION CHAMBER; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION PHYSICS; RADIATION SCATTERING;

EID: 0031952107     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598189     Document Type: Article

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