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Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 874-890

Electron contamination modeling and skin dose in 6 MV longitudinal field MRIgRT: Impact of the MRI and MRI fringe field

Author keywords

electron contamination; longitudinal field; Monte Carlo; MRI linac radiotherapy; MRIgRT; skin dose

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHANTOMS; RADIOTHERAPY; X RAYS;

EID: 84856976156     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3676181     Document Type: Article
Times cited : (58)

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