Effects on electron beam penumbra using the photon MLC to reduce bremsstrahlung leakage for an add-on electron MLC

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1191-1203

  Olofsson, Lennart ^a   Karlsson, Magnus G ^a   Karlsson, Mikael ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; ELECTRONS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; PATIENT TREATMENT; RADIOTHERAPY;

DOSE CONTRIBUTION; INTEGRAL DOSE; PARTIAL SCREENING; PHOTON COLLIMATORS;

ELECTRON BEAMS;

HELIUM; TUNGSTEN; WATER;

AIR; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COLLIMATOR; ELECTRON BEAM; ENERGY; GEOMETRY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MULTILEAF COLLIMATOR; PHANTOM; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ELECTRONS; HUMANS; PHOTONS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 16444372633     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/50/6/010     Document Type: Article

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