Electron dose calculations: A comparison of two commercial treatment planning computers

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 99-105

  Glegg, Martin M ^a  

^a BEATSON WEST OF SCOTLAND CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dose nonuniformity; Therapeutic electron beams

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER; DEVICE; DOSE CALCULATION; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; ELECTRON; ELECTRON BEAM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SURFACE PROPERTY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0037833744     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-3947(02)00244-3     Document Type: Article

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