Dosimetric characteristics of electron beams produced by a mobile accelerator for IORT

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 6197-6214

  Pimpinella, M ^a   Mihailescu, D ^b   Guerra, A S ^a   Laitano, R F ^a  

^a ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

^b ALEXANDRU IOAN CUZA UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON SCATTERING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; RADIOTHERAPY;

CLINICAL DOSIMETRY; INTRA-OPERATIVE RADIATION THERAPY (IORT); MOBILE ACCELERATOR; WATER-TO-AIR STOPPING POWER RATIOS;

DOSIMETRY;

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON ACCELERATOR; ELECTRON BEAM; ELECTRON THERAPY; INTRAOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION ENERGY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 36048977649     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/20/008     Document Type: Article

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