A method to determine the in-air spatial spread of clinical electron beams

Medical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 550-558

  Vilches, M ^a   Zapata, J C ^a   Guirado, D ^a   Fernandez D ^a   Burgos, D ^a   Lallena, A M ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SAN CECILIO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Electron beam dosimetry; Fermi Eyges theory; Linear scattering power; Spatial spread measurement

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAMS;

ANGULAR SPREADS; CLINICAL ELECTRON BEAMS; DIFFERENT MECHANISMS; ELECTRON BEAM DOSIMETRY; FERMI-EYGES THEORY; FITTING PROCEDURE; GAUSSIAN MODEL; LINEAR SCATTERING POWER;

GAUSSIAN BEAMS;

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAM; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION APPLICATOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION SCATTERING;

EID: 0032939766     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598556     Document Type: Article

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