Dose enhancement by a thin foil of high-Z material: A Monte Carlo study

Medical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1245-1251

  Li, X Allen ^a,b   Chu, James C H ^b   Chen, Weimin ^b   Zusag, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose enhancement; EGS4 Monte Carlo; Interface dosimetry; Photon calculation

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHANTOMS; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS; PLASMA THEORY; SECONDARY EMISSION;

ATOMIC NUMBERS; DOSE ENHANCEMENTS; HIGH-ENERGY PHOTON BEAMS; HIGH-Z MATERIAL; INCIDENT ANGLES; INHOMOGENEITIES; MONTE CARLO TECHNIQUES; SECONDARY ELECTRONS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032768029     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598619     Document Type: Article

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