Review of electron beam therapy physics

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 13, 2006, Pages

  Hogstrom, Kenneth R ^a,b,c,d,e   Almond, Peter R ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MARY BIRD PERKINS CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d AAPM   (United States)

^e ACMP   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DISEASES; DOSIMETRY; ONCOLOGY; TISSUE; TUMORS;

ELECTRON THERAPY; PLANNING TOOLS;

ELECTRON BEAMS;

SILICON;

CALIBRATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIODE; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON THERAPY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; IONIZATION CHAMBER; LIMB; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; SCALP; TECHNOLOGY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE; TOTAL SKIN ELECTRON THERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 33745486017     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/13/R25     Document Type: Review

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