Calculations of electron fluence correction factors using the Monte Carlo code PENELOPE

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1263-1275

  Siegbahn, E Albert ^a   Nilsson, B ^a   Fernandez Varea J M ^b   Andreo, P ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POLYSTYRENES;

PLASTIC PHANTOM MATERIALS;

ELECTRON BEAMS;

PLASTIC; POLYETHYLENE; POLYSTYRENE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RATING SCALE; SIMULATION;

BIOPHYSICS; ELECTRONS; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEOPLASMS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PLASTICS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; WATER;

EID: 0038459039     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/48/10/302     Document Type: Article

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