Modified sector-integration method for predicting the output factors of electron beams including extended source to surface distance

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 3367-3372

  Choi, David R ^a,b   Wolters, John ^c   Mason, Darcy ^c   Baillie, Alistair ^c  

^a TOM BAKER CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOSIMETRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTRON BEAM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; ELECTRONS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL;

EID: 0033769587     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/45/11/318     Document Type: Article

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