Lateral scatter correction algorithm for percentage depth dose in a large-field photon beam

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 121-125

  Sánchez Nieto, Beatriz ^a,b,c   Sánchez Doblado, Francisco ^a,b   Terrón, José Antonio ^a,b   Arráns, Rafael ^b   Errazquin, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN MACARENA   (Spain)

^c ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Large field; Lateral scatter correction; TBI

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION SCATTERING; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SCATTERING, RADIATION; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

EID: 0342275261     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-3947(97)00004-6     Document Type: Article

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