Quality indexes based on water measurements for low and medium energy x-ray beams: A theoretical study with PENELOPE

Medical Physics

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Chica, U ^a,b   Anguiano, M ^a   Vilches, M ^c   Lallena, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b FISRAD SAS   (Colombia)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SAN CECILIO   (Spain)

Author keywords

PENELOPE; quality indexes; x ray beams

Indexed keywords

MONTE CARLO METHODS; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

ABSORBED DOSE; DEPTH DOSE; MEDIUM ENERGY; PENELOPE; QUALITY INDICES; THEORETICAL STUDY; WATER MEASUREMENTS; X RAY BEAM;

X RAYS;

ARTICLE; ENERGY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; WATER ABSORPTION; X RAY;

WATER;

MONTE CARLO METHOD; WATER; X-RAYS;

EID: 84892160337     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4836556     Document Type: Article

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