Calculating dose and output factors for wedged photon radiotherapy fields using a convolution/superposition method

Medical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1714-1728

  Liu, H Helen ^a   Mackie, T Rock ^b   McCullough, Edwin C ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric fields; Beam hardening; Beam modifiers; Compensators; Convolution superposition; Extra focal photons; Output factors; Wedge factors; Wedge generated radiation; Wedges

Indexed keywords

CONVOLUTION; HARDENING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHANTOMS; RADIATION HARDENING;

ASYMMETRIC FIELDS; BEAM HARDENING; BEAM MODIFIERS; COMPENSATORS; CONVOLUTION/SUPERPOSITION; OUTPUT FACTORS; WEDGE FACTORS; WEDGES;

PHOTONS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; PHANTOM; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION FIELD; RADIOTHERAPY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030667803     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597959     Document Type: Article

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