Stopping-power ratios for clinical electron beams from a scatter-foil linear accelerator

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2321-2341

  Kapur, Ajay ^a   Ma, Chang Ming ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRON BEAM; ENERGY TRANSFER; LIGHT SCATTERING; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032849750     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/44/9/317     Document Type: Article

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