Exact analytical solution of the convolution integral equation for a general profile fitting function and Gaussian detector kernel

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 645-650

  Garcia Vicente F ^a   Delgado, J M ^b   Rodriguez C ^c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

^b Sanatorio San Francisco de Asis   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; X RAY;

DENSITOMETRY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; X-RAYS;

EID: 17344379416     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/45/3/306     Document Type: Article

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