Improvement of the accuracy of the Laplace transform method for the determination of bremsstrahlung spectra of clinical linacs;Erhöhung der genauigkeit der Laplace-transformations-methode zur bestimmung des bremsstrahlungsspektrums klinischer linearbeschleuniger

Zeitschrift fur Medizinische Physik

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 22-29

  Scheithauer, Marcel ^a   Schwedas, Michael ^a   Wiezorek, Tilo ^a   Keller, Andreas ^b   Wendt, Thomas G ^a   Harder, Dietrich ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b ILMENAU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bremsstrahlung spectrum; Detector response; Inverse Laplace transform; Transmission curve

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BREMS RADIATION; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; RADIATION PHYSICS; SIGNAL DETECTION;

EID: 0037244156     PISSN: 09393889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0939-3889-00131     Document Type: Article

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