On the possibility of determining an effective energy spectrum of clinical electron beams from percentage depth dose (PDD) data of broad beams

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 1999, Pages

  Zhengming, Luo ^a   Jette, David ^b,c  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Lawrence H Lanzl Inst Med Phys   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ELECTRON ACCELERATOR; ELECTRON BEAM; ENERGY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032783059     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/44/8/401     Document Type: Article

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