PMID: 2497952May 1, 1989Paper

Dose calculations for high energy electron and photon beams

Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics : the Official Journal of the Computerized Medical Imaging Society
J R Cunningham

Abstract

The procedures of radiation therapy consist of a number of steps, one of which is the calculation of the radiation dosage pattern that will result when a particular arrangement of radiation beams or sources is applied to a patient. The purpose of this calculation is two-fold. One is to predict, as part of the dose planning process, what dose distribution can be achieved with a selected beam arrangement. The second is to record what treatment has been given so that post-treatment analysis can be carried out. Both of these are important.

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Feb 4, 2010·Journal of Medical Physics·Abdelkader ToutaouiAhmed Chafik Chami
Jan 28, 2020·Medical Physics·Jacob Jake Van Dyk, Jerry J Battista

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