A measured data set for evaluating electron-beam dose algorithms

Medical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 950-958

  Boyd, R A ^a   Hogstrom, K R ^a   Antolak, J A ^a   Shiu, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron beam dose algorithm; Monte Carlo; Verification data

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHANTOMS; QUALITY CONTROL; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

ALGORITHM VERIFICATION; COLLABORATIVE WORKING; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; HETEROGENEITY MEASUREMENTS; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; MULTIPLE MEASUREMENTS; UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS; VERIFICATION DATA;

ELECTRONS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAM; GEOMETRY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034967916     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1374245     Document Type: Article

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