Directional spectrum model for phase space modelling in Monte Carlo simulations for a medical linear accelerator in radiotherapy

Cancer is the number two killer after cardiovascular diseases according to the World Health Organisation. It is generally accepted that about 50-55 % of all cancer patients benefit from radiotherapy treatment in which high-energy photons from medical linear accelerators (linacs) are commonly used. I...

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Main Author: Ma, Andy Kin-Wan
Published: University of Surrey 2006
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.435216