Collimator (head) scatter at extended distances in linear accelerator- generated photon beams

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 605-608

  Khan, Faiz M ^a,b   Gibbons, John P ^a   Roback, Donald M ^a  

^a UNIV OF MINNESOTA HOSP AND CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Collimator jaws; Collimator scatter; Flattening filter; Head scatter; Output factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COLLIMATOR; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030176103     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(96)80025-3     Document Type: Article

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