Energy- and intensity-modulated electron beams for radiotherapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 2293-2311

  Ma, C M ^a   Pawlicki, T ^a   Lee, M C ^a   Jiang, S B ^a   Li, J S ^a   Deng, J ^a   Yi, B ^a   Mok, E ^a   Boyer, A L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COLLIMATOR; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAM; ENERGY; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION SCATTERING; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 0033879553     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/45/8/316     Document Type: Article

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