Decoupling initial electron beam parameters for Monte Carlo photon beam modelling by removing beam-modifying filters from the beam path

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 5935-5951

  De Smedt, B ^a   Reynaert, N ^a   Flachet, F ^a   Coghe, M ^b   Thompson, M G ^c   Paelinck, L ^b   Pittomvils, G ^b   De Wagter, C ^b   De Neve, W ^b   Thierens, H ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c Linac House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; MAGNETIC FILTERS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS;

BEAM ENERGY; BEAM-MODIFYING FILTERS; FLATTENING FILTERS; PRIMARY COLLIMATOR;

PHOTONS;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COLLIMATOR; ELECTRON BEAM; ENERGY; FILTER; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHOTONS; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 29144536882     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/50/24/012     Document Type: Article

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