A systematic evaluation of air cavity dose perturbation in megavoltage x-ray beams

Medical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1011-1017

  Allen Li, X ^a   Yu, Cedric ^a   Holmes, Timothy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Air cavity; EGS4 Monte Carlo; Interface dosimetry; Rectal dose

Indexed keywords

AIR; DISEASES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; X RAYS;

AIR CAVITY; AIR WATER INTERFACES; CLINICAL APPLICATION; CYLINDRICAL AIR CAVITIES; MONTE CARLO CALCULATION; MONTE CARLO RADIATION TRANSPORT CODE; RECTAL DOSE; SYSTEMATIC EVALUATION;

PHASE INTERFACES;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION ENERGY; X RAY;

EID: 0343091411     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598966     Document Type: Article

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