Efficient photon beam dose calculations using DOSXYZnrc with BEAMnrc

Medical Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 3046-3056

  Kawrakow, I ^a   Walters, B R B ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHASE SPACE METHODS; PHOTOELECTRONS; PLASMA THEORY; RECYCLING;

EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT; INTERMEDIATE PHASE; MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS; OPTIMUM EFFICIENCY; PARTICLE RECYCLING; PHASE-SPACE FILES; PHASE-SPACE SOURCE; UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION;

PHOTONS;

WATER;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BREMS RADIATION; COLLIMATOR; DOSIMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PHOTON THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 33746608072     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2219778     Document Type: Article

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