Scanned intensity modulations for 50 MV photons

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1185-1197

  Blomquist, Michael ^a   Sätherberg, Anders ^a   Karlsson, Mikael ^a   Zackrisson, Björn ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE EPITHELIUM; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WATER;

EID: 2642634797     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/43/5/010     Document Type: Article

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