Build-up measurements and calculations for photon beams

Physica Medica

Volumn 17, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2001, Pages 23-25

  Alves, C ^a   Lopes, M C ^a   Chaves, A ^a   Peralta, L ^a   Rodrigues, P ^a   Trindade, A ^a   Oliveira, C ^a  

^a Instituto Portugues de Oncologia Francisco Gentil Centro Regional de Oncologia de Coimbra SA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Build up; Dosimetry; Monte Carlo; Surface dose

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DIODE; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIOTHERAPY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

EID: 0035571539     PISSN: 11201797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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