Measurement of depth-dose of linear accelerator and simulation by use of Geant4 computer code

Reports of Practical Oncology and Radiotherapy

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 64-68

  Sardari, D ^a   Maleki, R ^a   Samavat, H ^b   Esmaeeli, A ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Depth dose curve; Geant4; Linear accelerator; Monte Carlo simulation; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAM; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PHOTON; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 77953119544     PISSN: 15071367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rpor.2010.03.001     Document Type: Article

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