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Study of the volume reduction impact on secondary photons emergent from flattening filter for high radiotherapy quality

Polish Journal of Medical Physics and Engineering
Volume 25 (2019): Issue 1 (March 2019)
By: Mohamed Bencheikh,  Abdelmajid Maghnouj,  Jaouad Tajmouati and  Abdessamad Didi  
Open Access
|Mar 2019

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pjmpe-2019-0004 | Journal eISSN: 1898-0309 | Journal ISSN: 1425-4689
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Language: English
Page range: 23 - 28
Submitted on: Oct 4, 2018
Accepted on: Jan 20, 2019
Published on: Mar 28, 2019
Published by: Polish Society of Medical Physics
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
flattening filter,
Monte Carlo simulation,
secondary photons,
BEAMnrc code,
BEAMDP code
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Biomedical engineering,
Physics,
Technical and applied physics,
Medical physics

© 2019 Mohamed Bencheikh, Abdelmajid Maghnouj, Jaouad Tajmouati, Abdessamad Didi, published by Polish Society of Medical Physics
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