Monte Carlo simulation for Neptun 10 PC medical linear accelerator and calculations of output factor for electron beam

Reports of Practical Oncology and Radiotherapy

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 115-118

  Bahreyni Toossi, Mohammad Taghi ^a   Momennezhad, Mehdi ^b   Hashemi, Seyed Mohammad ^a  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Linear accelerator; Monte Carlo; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAM; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MONTE CARLO METHOD;

EID: 84859775632     PISSN: 15071367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rpor.2012.01.011     Document Type: Article

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