Equivalent fields and scatter integration for photon fields

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1053-1065

  Xiao, Y ^a,b   Bjarngard B E ^a   Reiff, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOSIMETRY; PHANTOM; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION SCATTERING;

MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 0344097353     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/44/4/017     Document Type: Article

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