Photon output factor calculation from the inverse of the sector- integration equation

Medical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1447-1453

  Sanz, Darío E ^a   Romaguera, Antinógenes L ^a   Acosta, Norma B ^a  

^a Fundacion Escuela de Medicina Nuclear   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Output factor; Sector integration equation

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONS; INTEGRATION; INVERSE PROBLEMS; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY;

CALCULATION ALGORITHMS; EXCHANGE EFFECTS; FIELD SIZE; FITTING PARAMETERS; INTEGRATION METHOD; OUTPUT FACTORS; PHOTON BEAMS; SECTOR-INTEGRATION EQUATION;

INTEGRAL EQUATIONS;

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION PHYSICS;

EID: 0032772956     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598675     Document Type: Article

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