An apparatus for applying strong longitudinal magnetic fields to clinical photon and electron beams

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2001, Pages

  Litzenberg, Dale W ^a,b   Fraass, Benedick A ^a   McShan, Daniel L ^a   O'Donnell, Thomas W ^a   Roberts, Donald A ^a   Becchetti, Fredrick D ^a   Bielajew, Alex F ^a   Moran, Jean M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS; SOLENOIDS; SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS;

HOMOGENEOUS PHANTOM;

ELECTRON BEAMS;

COLLIMATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON BEAM; MAGNET; MAGNETIC FIELD; NOTE; PHANTOM; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

ELECTRONS; MAGNETICS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY;

EID: 0035014155     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/46/5/401     Document Type: Note

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