A Monte Carlo study on neutron and electron contamination of an unflattened 18-MV photon beam

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55-60

  Mesbahi, Asghar ^a  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Electron contamination; Neutron contamination; Unflattened photon beam

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ELECTRONS; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEUTRONS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PATIENT MONITORING; PHOTOELECTRONS;

CENTRAL AXIS; DOSE RATES; ELECTRON FLUENCE; ENERGY PHOTONS; FLATTENING FILTERS; FLUENCE; MEASUREMENT RESULTS; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO STUDIES; NEUTRON DOSES; PHOTON BEAMS; PHOTON FLUENCE; SKIN DOSES; UNFLATTENED PHOTON BEAM;

PHOTONS;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COLLIMATOR; CONTAMINATION; ELECTRON; ENERGY; GEOMETRY; MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRON; PHOTON; PHOTON THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE;

ELECTRONS; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRONS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHOTONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; SKIN;

EID: 56349132178     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2008.07.013     Document Type: Article

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