Interface perturbation effects in high-energy electron beams

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 687-705

  Verhaegen, Frank ^a,b  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; GRAPHITE; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MONTE CARLO METHODS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; POLYESTERS;

ELECTRON ENERGY;

ELECTRON BEAMS;

ALUMINUM; GRAPHITE; LEAD; POLYSTYRENE; WATER;

AIR; ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAM; GEOMETRY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MEASUREMENT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON; POSITRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; SURFACE PROPERTY; THICKNESS;

ALUMINUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRONS; GRAPHITE; LEAD; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POLYSTYRENES; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 0037459548     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/48/6/301     Document Type: Article

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