Experimental determination of electron source parameters for accurate Monte Carlo calculation of large field electron therapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 779-786

  Huang, Vicky W ^a   Seuntjens, Jan ^a   Devic, Slobodan ^a   Verhaegen, Frank ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHOTONS;

ELECTRON BEAM THERAPY; FOCAL SPOTS; FULL WIDTH AT HALF MAXIMUM (FWHM); SLIT CAMERAS;

ELECTRON BEAMS;

BEAM THERAPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON; ELECTRON BEAM; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MEASUREMENT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE;

ELECTRONS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHOTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 16444369426     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/50/5/004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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