A simple method for bremsstrahlung spectra reconstruction from transmission measurements

Medical Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 932-938

  Krmar, M ^a   Nikolic D ^a   Krstonosic P ^a   Cora, S ^b   Francescon, P ^b   Chiovati, P ^b   Rudic A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

^b Fisica Sanitaria Vicenza   (Italy)

^c Institute of Oncology   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Attenuation analysis; Bremsstrahlung; Monte Carlo; Numerical technique

Indexed keywords

TRANSMISSIONS;

ATTENUATION ANALYSIS; BREMSSTRAHLUNG; CALCULATION PROCEDURE; NUMERICAL TECHNIQUES; SIMPLE METHOD; THICK TARGET; TRANSMISSION MEASUREMENTS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ENERGY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MEASUREMENT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; THEORY; ALGORITHM; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; RADIOMETRY; THEORETICAL MODEL; X RAY;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; SOFTWARE; X-RAYS;

EID: 0035989938     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1469632     Document Type: Article

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