Estimation of the dose at the maze entrance for x-rays from radiotherapy linear accelerators

Medical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 231-238

  Al Affan, I A M ^a,b  

^a ZARQA UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b Velindre NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dose; NCRP formula; Radiotherapy room maze entrance

Indexed keywords

LIGHT SCATTERING; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY;

AVERAGE ENERGY; DOSE; IN-VACUUM; MCNP CALCULATIONS; MONTE CARLO CODES; NCRP FORMULA; PRIMARY BEAMS; SCATTERED PHOTONS;

X RAYS;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COLLIMATOR; DOSIMETRY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MAZE TEST; PHANTOM; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; VACUUM;

EID: 0033971653     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598887     Document Type: Article

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