Effect of longitudinal magnetic fields on a simulated in-line 6 MV linac

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 4916-4923

  St Aubin, J ^a   Santos, D M ^a   Steciw, S ^a,b   Fallone, B G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b CROSS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

electron gun; linac MR; linear accelerator; longitudinal; magnetic fringe fields

Indexed keywords

ANODES; ELECTRON GUNS; ELECTRONS; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHASE SPACE METHODS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

BEAM CHARACTERISTICS; FRINGE FIELDS; LINAC-MR; LONGITUDINAL; LONGITUDINAL MAGNETIC FIELDS; MONTE CARLO OPTIMIZATION; PARALLEL CONFIGURATION; TRANSVERSE CONFIGURATION;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

ELECTRON; MAGNETISM; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROCEDURES; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOTHERAPY;

ELECTRONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETICS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 77956319853     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3481513     Document Type: Article

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