Dose perturbation by air cavities in megavoltage photon beams: Implications for cavity surface doses

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 205-210

  Ebert, Martin A ^a   Spry, Nigel A ^b  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dosimetry calculations; Interface doses; Monte Carlo; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM; SIMULATION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

AIR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; INTESTINES; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY;

EID: 0035000561     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1673.2001.00900.x     Document Type: Article

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