Photoneutron yields from tungsten in the energy range of the giant dipole resonance

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 20, 2003, Pages 3345-3352

  Akkurt, I ^a   Adler, J O ^b   Annand, J R M ^c   Fasolo, F ^d   Hansen, K ^b   Isaksson, L ^b   Karlsson, M ^b   Lilja, P ^b   Lundin, M ^b   Nilsson, B ^b   Ongaro, C ^d   Reiter, A ^c   Rosner, G ^c   Sandell, A ^b   Schroder B ^b   Zanini, A ^d  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d SEZIONE DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS;

MEDICAL ACCELERATORS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

TUNGSTEN;

ARTICLE; BREMS RADIATION; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPOLE; ENERGY YIELD; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; NEUTRON RADIATION; PHOTON; PHOTOREACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION ATTENUATION; SPECTROMETER;

MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRONS; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; SOFTWARE; TUNGSTEN;

EID: 10744224841     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/48/20/006     Document Type: Article

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