The effect of phantom type, beam quality, field size and field position on X-ray scattering simulated using Monte Carlo techniques

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 79, Issue 938, 2006, Pages 130-141

  McVey, G ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b GLAN CLWYD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FILTRATION; GENERATOR; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; MEDICAL STAFF; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PUBLISHING; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; TUBE;

HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SCATTERING, RADIATION; X-RAYS;

EID: 33644762838     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/59998010     Document Type: Article

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