Peripheral dose outside applicators in electron beams

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Chow, James C L ^a,b   Grigorov, Grigor N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c Grand River Regional Cancer Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; APPLICATORS; CALIBRATION; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; PHOTOGRAPHIC FILMS;

ANGLE OF OBLIQUITY; CENTRAL BEAM AXIS (CAX); PERIPHERAL DOSE; SOLID WATER PHANTOM;

ELECTRON BEAMS;

WATER;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; ELECTRON BEAM; ELECTRON THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION APPLICATOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION ENERGY; SOLID;

BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRONS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 33745064326     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/12/N01     Document Type: Article

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