Comparison of beam characteristics of a gold x-ray target and a tungsten replacement target

Medical Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 91-97

  Faddegona, B ^a   Egley, B ^b   Steinberg, T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION; BINARY ALLOYS; COPPER ALLOYS; INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIOTHERAPY; TUNGSTEN;

BEAM CHARACTERISTICS; BEAM PROPERTIES; BUILD-UP REGION; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; ENERGY FLUENCES; MATERIAL COMPOSITIONS; MECHANICAL ROBUSTNESS; SPECTRAL DISTRIBUTION;

GOLD;

COPPER; GOLD; TUNGSTEN; WATER;

APPARATUS; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; DOSIMETRY; HEAT; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MATERIALS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION ENERGY; X RAY;

EID: 1642454600     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1634491     Document Type: Article

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