Depth dose-equivalent and effective energies of photoneutrons generated by 6-18 MV x-ray beams for radiotherapy

Health Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 4-11

  D'Errico, F ^a   Luszik Bhadra, M ^a   Nath, R ^a   Siebert, B R L ^a   Wolf, U ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Detector, etched track; Dose equivalent; Monte Carlo; Neutrons

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; EMULSION; NEUTRON RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DETECTOR; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; X RAY;

EID: 0035189844     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-200101000-00003     Document Type: Article

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