The use of high-density concretes in radiotherapy treatment room design

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1023-1028

  Facure, A ^a   Silva, A X ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

High density concrete; Linear accelerators; Monte Carlo simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

HIGH-DENSITY CONCRETE; LEAKAGE RADIATION; TENTH-VALUE LAYERS (TVL);

CONCRETES;

COBALT 60;

ARTICLE; COBALT TELETHERAPY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTRUM;

EID: 34547775114     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2007.04.006     Document Type: Article

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