Monte Carlo simulation of a typical 60Co therapy source

Medical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2494-2502

  Mora, G M ^a   Maio, A ^a   Rogers, D W O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTONS;

BUILD-UP REGION; COLLIMATION SYSTEM; ELECTRON CONTAMINATION; MEASURED VALUES; MONTE CARLO CODES; PHOTON SPECTRA; PRIMARY PHOTONS; SCATTERED PHOTONS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

COBALT 60;

ARTICLE; COBALT THERAPY; COLLIMATOR; ELECTRON; GEOMETRY; PHANTOM; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032717811     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598770     Document Type: Article

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