Dosimetric characteristics of unflattened 6 MV photon beams of a clinical linear accelerator: A Monte Carlo study

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1029-1036

  Mesbahi, Asghar ^a  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Flattening filter; Monte Carlo; Unflattened photon beam

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSIMETRY; ISOTOPES; LIGHT; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS;

CENTRAL AXIS; FIELD SIZE; FLATTENING FILTER; PHOTON ENERGY SPECTRA;

LINEAR ACCELERATORS;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE;

MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 34547731377     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2007.04.023     Document Type: Article

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