The determination of phantom and collimator scatter components of the output of megavoltage photon beams: measurement of the collimator scatter part with a beam-coaxial narrow cylindrical phantom

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1991, Pages 250-257

  van Gasteren, J J M ^a   Heukelom, S ^b   van Kleffens, H J ^c   van der Laarse, R ^d   Venselaar, J L M ^e   Westermann, C F ^f  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d Nucletron BV   (Netherlands)

^e DR BERNARD VERBEETEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^f MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Collimator scatter component; Megavoltage photon beam; Phantom scatter component

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SCATTERING;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMAN; RADIATION; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC;

EID: 0025727879     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-8140(91)90124-Y     Document Type: Article

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