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Title: Dose calculations for high energy electron and photon beams

Journal Article · · Comput. Med. Imag. Grap.; (United States)

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.

Research Organization:
Ontario Cancer Institute, Toronto (Canada)
OSTI ID:
5876432
Journal Information:
Comput. Med. Imag. Grap.; (United States), Vol. 13:3
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English