Monte Carlo techniques for scattering foil design and dosimetry in total skin electron irradiations

Medical Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1460-1468

  Ye, Sung Joon ^a   Pareek, Prem N ^a   Spencer, Sharon ^a   Duan, Jun ^a   Brezovich, Ivan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Monte carlo; Scattering foil; Total skin electron irradiation

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON IRRADIATION; ELECTRONS; GAUSSIAN BEAMS; PHANTOMS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS;

BEAM MEASUREMENTS; CIRCULAR PATTERN; MONTE CARLO TECHNIQUES; PARALLEL-PLATE CHAMBER; RADIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; RADIOCHROMIC FILM; SEMI-EMPIRICAL FORMULAS; X RAY CONTAMINATION;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

BREMS RADIATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAM; ELECTRON RADIATION; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SCATTERING; SIMULATION; SKIN SURFACE;

EID: 21244474045     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1924368     Document Type: Conference Paper

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