Effect of electron beam obliquity on lateral buildup ratio: A Monte Carlo dosimetry evaluation

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 3965-3977

  Chow, James C L ^a,b,c,d   Grigorov, Grigor N ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^d RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e Grand River Regional Cancer Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIODES; DOSIMETRY; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHASE SPACE METHODS; RADIOGRAPHY;

LATERAL BUILDUP RATIO (LBR); MONITOR UNIT (MU); PENCIL BEAM MODEL; PER CENT DEPTH DOSE (PDD);

ELECTRON BEAMS;

ARTICLE; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAM; ELECTRON THERAPY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MONITOR; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION ENERGY; X RAY FILM;

EID: 34250320556     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/13/020     Document Type: Article

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