Accuracy of the Burns equation for stopping-power ratio as a function of depth and R50

Medical Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2961-2963

  Rogers, D W O ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL AXIS; CLINICAL ELECTRON BEAMS; DOSE ESTIMATES; STOPPING POWER; WATER PHANTOM;

ELECTRON BEAMS;

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BURNS EQUATION; CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; STOPPING POWER RATIO;

EID: 9244229536     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1803811     Document Type: Article

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