A study of the effect of in-line and perpendicular magnetic fields on beam characteristics of electron guns in medical linear accelerators

Medical Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 4174-4185

  Constantin, Dragoş E ^a   Fahrig, Rebecca ^a   Keall, Paul J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

electron gun; MRI linac; space charge simulation

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC SPACE CHARGE; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON GUNS; ELECTRONS; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCANNING;

BEAM CHARACTERISTICS; EXTERNAL MAGNETIC FIELD; FULL THREE-DIMENSIONAL; IN-LINE CONFIGURATION; PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC FIELDS; PERPENDICULAR ORIENTATION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SPACE CHARGE SIMULATIONS;

MAGNETIC FIELDS;

EID: 79960204299     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3600695     Document Type: Article

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