Monte Carlo modeling of electron beams from a NEPTUN 10PC medical linear accelerator

Nukleonika

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 233-238

  Jabbari, Nasrollah ^a   Hashemi Malayeri, Bijan ^b  

^a URMIA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Electron beams; Linac; Monte Carlo; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960857744     PISSN: 00295922     EISSN: 15085791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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