Correcting for electron contamination at dose maximum in photon beams

Medical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 533-537

  Rogers, D W O ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beam quality specification; Electron contamination; Monte Carlo; Photon beam dosimetry

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHANTOMS; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS;

BEAM HARDENING; DEPTH-DOSE DATA; ELECTRON CONTAMINATION; FOIL THICKNESS; MONTE CARLO CALCULATION; PHANTOM SURFACE; PHOTON BEAMS; QUALITY SPECIFICATIONS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON; FOIL; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PHANTOM; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032941896     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598553     Document Type: Article

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