Determining clinical photon beam spectra from measured depth dose with the Cimmino algorithm

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 171-183

  Bloch, P ^a   Altschuler, M D ^a   Bjarngard B E ^a   Kassaee, A ^a   McDonough, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION MONITORING;

ALGORITHMS; ELECTRONS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 0033978255     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/45/1/312     Document Type: Article

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