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Physical Aspects of Electron Beam Therapy

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For the clinical applications of electron beams, the physical behavior of electrons has to be well understood. In this chapter, we discuss the fundamental features of electron transport and theways in which they influence the dose distribution patterns. Electrons are more complex than photons in their transport behavior. The dose distribution for electron beams can be well documented for standard conditions of a beam incident on a unit-density medium with a flat surface. For nonstandard situations that may be encountered in actual clinical contexts, the interpretation and prediction of electron beam dose distributions pose many challenges.

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Jayaraman, S., Lanzl, L.H. (2004). Physical Aspects of Electron Beam Therapy. In: Clinical Radiotherapy Physics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-18549-6_16

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