Calculation of enhanced dynamic wedge factors for symmetric and asymmetric photon fields

Medical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1411-1418

  Gibbons, John P ^a  

^a Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric collimators; Dose computation; Dosimetry; Dynamic wedge; Off axis

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY;

ANALYTIC FORMULA; ASYMMETRIC COLLIMATORS; ENHANCED DYNAMIC WEDGES; OFF-AXIS; PHOTON FIELDS; SYMMETRIC FIELDS;

PHOTONS;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031816944     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598313     Document Type: Article

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