Multiple-source models for electron beams of a medical linear accelerator using BEAMDP computer code

Reports of Practical Oncology and Radiotherapy

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 211-219

  Jabbari, Nasrollah ^a   Barati, Amir Hoshang ^b   Rahmatnezhad, Leili ^a  

^a URMIA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b KURDISTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Electron therapy; Linac; Multiple source model; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; ELECTRON BEAM; ELECTRON THERAPY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 84864113194     PISSN: 15071367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rpor.2012.04.003     Document Type: Article

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