Evaluation of the contribution of capture gamma rays, x-ray leakage, and scatter to the photon dose at the maze door for a high energy medical electron accelerator using a Monte Carlo particle transport code

Medical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 225-230

  McGinley, Patton H ^a   Dhaba'an, Anees H ^a   Reft, Chester S ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Capture gamma rays; Maze; Monte Carlo; Scattered x rays

Indexed keywords

MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS; X RAYS;

ACCELERATOR FACILITIES; CAPTURE GAMMA RAYS; DOSE MEASUREMENT; EMPIRICAL EQUATIONS; GAMMA RAY DOSE; MAZE; MONTE CARLO PARTICLE TRANSPORTS; SCATTERED X-RAYS;

GAMMA RAYS;

SCATTER FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON ACCELERATOR; GAMMA RADIATION; MAZE TEST; PARTICLE RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033976876     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598865     Document Type: Article

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