On the initial angular variances of clinical electron beams

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2803-2820

  Van Battum, L J ^a   Huizenga, H ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; COLLIMATOR; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAM; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; VARIANCE;

ELECTRONS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 0032756358     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/44/11/309     Document Type: Article

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