Characterization of the radiation quality of 60Co therapy units by the fraction of air kerma attributable to scattered photons

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Chofor, N ^a,b   Looe, H K ^a,b   Kapsch, R P ^c   Harder, D ^d   Willborn, K C ^b   Ruhmann A ^a,b   Poppe, B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b PIUS HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^c PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTONS; RADIOISOTOPES;

ENERGY PORTION; RADIATION QUALITY; SCATTERED PHOTONS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

COBALT 60; RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL;

AIR; ARTICLE; COBALT THERAPY; COLLIMATOR; ENERGY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FRACTIONATION; HOUSING; LIGHT SCATTERING; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON; PHOTON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTRUM; STANDARD;

AIR; COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 34247495233     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/7/N03     Document Type: Article

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