Mass energy-absorption coefficients and mass collision stopping powers for electrons in tumors of various histologies

Medical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 472-477

  Maughan, Richard L ^a   Chuba, Paul ^a   Porter, Arthur T ^a   Ben Josef, Edgar ^a   Lucas, David R ^b   Bjarngard, Bengt E ^c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Elemental tumor composition photon mass energy absorption coefficient electron mass collision stopping power

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; ENERGY ABSORPTION; HISTOLOGY; PHOTONS; TUMORS;

ELECTRON MASS; ELEMENTAL MASS; ENERGY RANGES; HUBBELL; MASS ENERGY ABSORPTION; PHOTON ENERGY; STOPPING POWER; TUMOR SAMPLES;

WATER ABSORPTION;

ARTICLE; CANCER; CARCINOMA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; TUMOR;

EID: 0032977015     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598544     Document Type: Article

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