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

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 4861-4869

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b CROSS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; MAGNETISM; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MOTION; NEOPLASM; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOTHERAPY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONS; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MOTION; NEOPLASMS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; RADIOTHERAPY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 77956332530     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/16/015     Document Type: Article

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