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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University of Surrey
2006
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.435216 |