Measurement of magnetic fields produced by a "Magnetic deflector" for the removal of electron contamination in radiotherapy

Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 321-327

  Damrongkijudom, N ^a   Oborn, B ^a   Butson, M ^a,b   Rosenfeld, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b Illawarra Cancer Care Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electron contamination; Magnetic fields; Nd2Fe14B magnets; Skin dose; Surface dose

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; SKIN; X RAYS;

ELECTRON CONTAMINATION; MAGNETIC DEFLECTOR; SKIN DOSE;

RADIOTHERAPY;

BORON; IRON; NEODYMIUM;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MAGNET; MAGNETIC FIELD; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION FIELD; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 33846527416     PISSN: 01589938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03178398     Document Type: Article

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