Derivation of electron and photon energy spectra from electron beam central axis depth dose curves

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1429-1449

  Deng, Jun ^a   Jiang, Steve B ^a   Pawlicki, Todd ^a   Li, Jinsheng ^a   Ma, C M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS;

PERCENTAGE DEPTH DOSE (PDD) CURVES;

MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON; ELECTRON BEAM; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION ENERGY; SIMULATION; SPECTRUM; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; ELECTRONS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0035014154     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/46/5/308     Document Type: Article

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