AT.fluence.weighted.E.MeV.u: AT.fluence.weighted.E.MeV.u

In libamtrack: Computational Routines for Proton and Ion Radiotherapy

Description

Computes the fluence-weighted average energy of a particle field Needed by SuccessiveConvolutions

Usage

AT.fluence.weighted.E.MeV.u(E.MeV.u, fluence.cm2)

Arguments

E.MeV.u	energy of particles in the mixed particle field (array of size number.of.field.components) (see also E.MeV.u).
fluence.cm2	fluences of particles in the mixed particle field (array of size number.of.field.components).

Value

average.E.MeV.u

average.E.MeV.u

See Also

View the C source code here: http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/libamtrack/browser/tags/0.6.3/src/AT_PhysicsRoutines.c#L578

Examples

# fluence- and dose-weighted mean energy for a simple mixed field
# of high and low (99/1) energy protons
AT.fluence.weighted.E.MeV.u( E.MeV.u       = c(100, 1),
                             fluence.cm2   = c(99e8, 1e8)) 
AT.dose.weighted.E.MeV.u( E.MeV.u       = c(100, 1),
                          particle.no   = c(1001, 1001),
                          fluence.cm2   = c(99e8, 1e8), 
                          material.no   = 1,                   # water
                                   stopping.power.source.no = 2)    

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