A generalized solution for the calculation of in-air output factors in irregular fields

Medical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1692-1701

  Kim, Siyong ^a   Palta, Jatinder R ^a   Zhu, Timothy C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Detector's eye view; Field mapping; Head scatter; In air output factor; Irregular field; MLC; Wedge scatter

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DATA ACQUISITION;

CONVERSION FACTOR; FIELD MAPPING; FLATTENING FILTERS; GENERALIZED SOLUTION; IRREGULAR FIELD; MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS; OUTPUT FACTORS; SCATTER RADIATION;

MAPPING;

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SCATTERING;

EID: 0031686706     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598350     Document Type: Article

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