Beam generation and planar imaging at energies below 2.40 MeV with carbon and aluminum linear accelerator targets

Medical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 4568-4578

  Parsons, David ^a   Robar, James L ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

aluminum; carbon; low Z target; planar imaging

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BONE; CARBON; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRON BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRONS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; X RAYS;

ACCELERATOR TARGETS; ELECTRON ENERGIES; INCIDENT ELECTRON BEAMS; INCIDENT ELECTRONS; PLANAR IMAGING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; THERAPEUTIC BEAMS; VARIAN LINEAR ACCELERATORS;

IMAGE QUALITY;

EID: 84864205791     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4730503     Document Type: Article

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