Monte Carlo calculations of the dose backscatter factor for monoenergetic electrons

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 13-26

  Cho, Sang Hyun ^a,b   Reece, Warren D ^a  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; PHOSPHORUS 32; PLATINUM; SILVER; STRONTIUM; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; BETA RADIATION; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALCULATION; ELECTRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

BETA RAYS; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 0345059774     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/44/1/003     Document Type: Article

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