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Photon beam relative dose validation of the DPM Monte Carlo code in lung‐equivalent media
dc.contributor.authorChetty, Indrin J.
dc.contributor.authorCharland, Paule M.
dc.contributor.authorTyagi, Neelam
dc.contributor.authorMcShan, Daniel L.
dc.contributor.authorFraass, Benedick A.
dc.contributor.authorBielajew, Alex F.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-06T20:48:00Z
dc.date.available2017-01-06T20:48:00Z
dc.date.issued2003-04
dc.identifier.citationChetty, Indrin J.; Charland, Paule M.; Tyagi, Neelam; McShan, Daniel L.; Fraass, Benedick A.; Bielajew, Alex F. (2003). "Photon beam relative dose validation of the DPM Monte Carlo code in lung‐equivalent media." Medical Physics 30(4): 563-573.
dc.identifier.issn0094-2405
dc.identifier.issn2473-4209
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/134925
dc.publisherAmerican Association of Physicists in Medicine
dc.publisherWiley Periodicals, Inc.
dc.subject.otherPhotons
dc.subject.otherField size
dc.subject.otherLinear accelerators
dc.subject.otherPhysicists
dc.subject.otherLungs
dc.subject.otherDPM Monte Carlo code
dc.subject.otherphase space
dc.subject.otherBEAMnrc
dc.subject.otherlateral electronic disequilibrium
dc.subject.otherion chamber measurements
dc.subject.otherMonte Carlo methods
dc.subject.otherDosimetry/exposure assessment
dc.subject.otherMonte Carlo methods
dc.subject.otherdosimetry
dc.subject.otherradiation therapy
dc.subject.otherlung
dc.titlePhoton beam relative dose validation of the DPM Monte Carlo code in lung‐equivalent media
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.rights.robotsIndexNoFollow
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelMedicine (General)
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelHealth Sciences
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Reviewed
dc.contributor.affiliationumThe University of Michigan, Department of Nuclear Engineering, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109‐2104
dc.contributor.affiliationumThe University of Michigan, Department of Radiation Oncology, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109‐0010
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/134925/1/mp5671.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1118/1.1555671
dc.identifier.sourceMedical Physics
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