Perturbation of radiotherapy beams by radiographic film: Measurements and Monte Carlo simulations

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1755-1765

  Suchowerska, N ^a   Hoban, P ^b   Davison, A ^a   Metcalfe, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Illawarra Cancer Care Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT 60;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; MODEL; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; X RAY FILM;

ENERGY TRANSFER; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; WATER; X-RAY FILM;

EID: 0032808882     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/44/7/314     Document Type: Article

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