Monte Carlo study of electron dose distributions produced by the elekta precise linear accelerator

Reports of Practical Oncology and Radiotherapy

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 287-292

  Nedaie, Hassan Ali ^a   Mosleh Shirazi, M A ^b,c   Shariary, M ^d   Gharaati, H ^a   Allahverdi, M ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Absorbed dose; Dosimetry; Electron dose distribution; Monte Carlo

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIODE; ELECTRON; ELECTRON BEAM; GEOMETRY; INSTRUMENTATION; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION APPLICATOR; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SIMULATION;

EID: 33947146171     PISSN: 15071367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1507-1367(06)71074-4     Document Type: Article

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