Investigation of radiosurgical beam profiles using Monte Carlo method

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-6

  Perucha, María ^a   Sánchez Doblado, Francisco ^b   Leal, Antonio ^b   Rincón, Magnolia ^b   Arráns, Rafael ^b   Núñez, Luis ^b   Carrasco, Ester ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dosimetric data; Film dosimetry; Monte Carlo simulation; Radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; DIODE; FILM DOSIMETER; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOSURGERY;

EID: 0037361636     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-3947(02)00135-8     Document Type: Article

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