Reference photon dosimetry data and reference phase space data for the 6 MV photon beam from Varian Clinac 2100 series linear accelerators

Medical Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 137-148

  Cho, Sang Hyun ^a   Vassiliev, Oleg N ^a   Lee, Seungsoo ^a   Liu, H Helen ^a   Ibbott, Geoffrey S ^a   Mohan, Radhe ^a  

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

Author keywords

6 MV photon beam; Monte Carlo calculations; Reference phase space data; Reference photon dosimetry data

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; DOSIMETRY; FULL WIDTH AT HALF MAXIMUM; GAUSSIAN BEAMS; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHASE SPACE METHODS; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIOLOGY;

ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA; ELECTRON PENCIL BEAM; MONITORING PROGRAMS; MONTE CARLO CALCULATION; MONTE CARLO DATA; PHASE-SPACE DATA; PHOTON BEAMS; REFERENCE PHOTON DOSIMETRY DATA;

DIGITAL STORAGE;

WATER;

AIR; ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAM; ENERGY; INTERNET; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MEASUREMENT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE RADIATION; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; REFERENCE PHASE SPACE DATA; REFERENCE PHOTON DOSIMETRY DATA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 12844279815     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1829172     Document Type: Article

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