Large discrepancies between calculated D(max) and diode readings for small field sizes and small SSDs of 15 MV photon beams

Medical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 245-246

  Wierzbicki, Jacek G ^a,b   Waid, David S ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARPER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Diode; Field size; In vivo dosimetry; SSD

Indexed keywords

PARTICLE BEAMS; PHANTOMS; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS;

CLINICAL OBSERVATION; FIELD SIZE; IN-VIVO; RADIATION FIELD; SCATTER FACTOR; SCATTERING FACTORS; SKIN SURFACES; SMALL FIELD SIZE;

DIODES;

ARTICLE; DIODE; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; PHANTOM; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION SCATTERING;

EID: 0031909961     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598192     Document Type: Article

References (1)

1. F. M. Khan, The Physics of Radiation Therapy, 2nd ed. (William & Wilkins, Baltimore, MD, 1994).