The evaluation of 6 and 18 MeV electron beams for small animal irradiation

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 5847-5860

  Chao, T C ^a   Chen, A M ^b   Tu, S J ^a   Tung, C J ^a,b   Hong, J H ^a,c   Lee, C C ^a,c  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL STUDIES; BEAM PROFILES; DEPTH DOSE; DIAMOND DETECTORS; DIGITAL PHANTOMS; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; MEV-ELECTRONS; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; MOUSE PHANTOMS; OPTIMIZING PARAMETERS; OUTPUT FACTORS; PARTIAL VOLUME EFFECT; PRE-CLINICAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SIMULATION AND MEASUREMENT; SIMULATIONS AND MEASUREMENTS; SMALL ANIMAL; WATER PHANTOM;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL WHISKERS; DIAMOND FILMS; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRONS; IRRADIATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; WATER TANKS;

ANIMALS;

WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON BEAM; FILM; IRRADIATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SIMULATION; TANK;

ANIMALS; ELECTRONS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WATER;

EID: 70350634134     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/54/19/012     Document Type: Article

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