Simulation of large x-ray fields using independently measured source and geometry details

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 5622-5632

  Sawkey, D ^a   Faddegon, B A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Monte Carlo simulation; X rays

Indexed keywords

LINEAR ACCELERATORS; X RAYS;

DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; FLATTENING FILTERS; GEOMETRY PARAMETER; INCIDENT BEAM ENERGY; INDEPENDENT MEASUREMENT; MEASUREMENT AND SIMULATION; PHYSICAL MODIFICATIONS; PRIMARY COLLIMATOR;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CAMERA; COLLIMATOR; DENSITY; ENERGY; GEOMETRY; IONIZATION; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; ROTATION; SIMULATION; X RAY;

EID: 72049111471     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3259729     Document Type: Article

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