Dose perturbations at high-Z interfaces in kilovoltage photon beams: Comparison with Monte Carlo simulations and measurements

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 173-179

  Das, Indra J ^a   Moskvin, Vadim P ^b   Kassaee, Alireza ^a   Tabata, Tatsuo ^c   Verhaegen, Frank ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^d ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dose perturbation; High Z; Interface dosimetry; Monte Carlo; Moving window least square polynomial fit; PENELOPE

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSIMETRY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATION; RADIATION EFFECTS;

KILOVOLTAGE PHOTON BEAMS;

PHOTONS;

WATER;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; DOSE CALCULATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIGHT; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEASUREMENT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION RESPONSE; SIMULATION;

EID: 0036229087     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-806X(01)00460-1     Document Type: Article

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