Characterizing output for the Varian enhanced dynamic wedge field

Medical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 64-70

  Liu, Chihray ^a   Li, Zuofeng ^a   Palta, Jatinder R ^a  

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

Author keywords

Enhanced dynamic wedge; Golden segmented treatment table; Output factor

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL AXIS; COMPLEX FUNCTIONS; ENHANCED DYNAMIC WEDGES; MONITOR UNIT CALCULATIONS; MONITOR UNITS; OUTPUT FACTORS; TREATMENT TABLE; WEDGE ANGLE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COLLIMATOR; DOSIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION SCATTERING;

EID: 0031951215     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598161     Document Type: Article

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