The energy-dependent electron loss model: Backscattering and application to heterogeneous slab media

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 259-273

  Lee, Tae Kyu ^a   Sandison, George A ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DEPOSITION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTIMIZATION;

HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA;

ELECTRONS;

ALUMINUM; LEAD; WATER;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAM; ELECTRON THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION ENERGY; SIMULATION;

ALGORITHMS; BONE AND BONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONS; ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMANS; LUNG; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WATER;

EID: 0037458214     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/48/2/308     Document Type: Article

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