A theoretical approach for non-equilibrium radiation dosimetry

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 3493-3499

  Ding, George X ^a,b   Duggan, Dennis M ^a,b   Coffey, Charles W ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETERS; ELECTRON TUBES; HEALTH; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PLASMAS; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOTHERAPY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; X RAY TUBES;

DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; INCIDENT PARTICLES; INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS; MEGAVOLTAGE (MV); MONTE CARLO (MC); MONTE CARLO APPROACH; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION (MCS); MONTE CARLO TECHNIQUES; NARROW BEAMS; NON EQUILIBRIUM RADIATION; PARTICLE TRANSPORT; PHOTON BEAMS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY (SRS); X-RAY TUBES;

DOSIMETRY;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COLLIMATOR; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; THEORY;

ALGORITHMS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 47649092162     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/13/006     Document Type: Article

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