Experimental verification of the application of lateral buildup ratio on the 4-MeV electron beam

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 35-41

  Chow, James C L ^a,b,c   Newman, Scott ^a  

^a Grand River Regional Cancer Centre   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Electron therapy; Lateral buildup ratio

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; ELECTRON; EVALUATION; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOMETRY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; ELECTRONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 33645412384     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.2027.25369     Document Type: Article

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