A mathematical study of the area over perimeter role using the sector-integration equation

Medical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 2376-2379

  Sanz, D E ^a  

^a Fundacion Escuela de Med Nuclear   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Area over perimeter rule; Clarksan sector integration equation; Equivalent fields

Indexed keywords

DATA HANDLING; ELONGATION; GAMMA RAYS; INTEGRATION;

AREA OVER PERIMETER RULE; CLARKSAN SECTOR-INTEGRATION EQUATION; DEGREE OF APPROXIMATION; EQUIVALENT FIELDS; FIRST-ORDER APPROXIMATIONS; MEASUREMENT TIME; QUADRATIC DEVIATIONS; TAYLOR EXPANSIONS;

INTEGRAL EQUATIONS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PERIMETER; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033735329     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1290484     Document Type: Article

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