Monte Carlo calculation of output factors for circular, rectangular, and square fields of electron accelerators (6-20 MeV)

Medical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 938-949

  Verhaegen, F ^a   Mubata, C ^a   Pettingell, J ^a   Bidmead, A M ^a   Rosenberg, I ^b   Mockridge, D ^b   Nahum, A E ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dose distributions; Electron beams; Linac commissioning; Monte Carlo simulation; Output factors

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRONS; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; PLASMA ACCELERATORS;

CLINICAL PRACTICES; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; LINAC COMMISSIONING; MONTE CARLO CALCULATION; MONTE CARLO CODES; OUTPUT FACTORS; PRIMARY ELECTRONS; SIMULATION MODEL;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON ACCELERATOR; ELECTRON BEAM; ELECTRON RADIATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; IONIZATION CHAMBER; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034974992     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1373402     Document Type: Article

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