Medical Dosimetry
Volume 34, Issue 1 , Pages 51-56 , Spring 2009

Dosimetry of Small Circular Fields for 6-MeV Electron Beams

  • M. Ming Xu, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL
    • Edward Cancer Center, John Fan Edward Hospital, Naperville, IL
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: M. Ming Xu, Ph.D., Department of Radiation Oncology, Loyola University Medical Center, 2160 South 1st Avenue, Maywood, IL 60153
    • ,
  • Anil Sethi, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL
    • Edward Cancer Center, John Fan Edward Hospital, Naperville, IL
    • ,
  • Glenn P. Glasgow, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL
    • Edward Cancer Center, John Fan Edward Hospital, Naperville, IL

Received 11 June 2007 ,Accepted 4 December 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.meddos.2007.12.003

Medical Dosimetry
Volume 34, Issue 1 , Pages 51-56 , Spring 2009

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