Changes in incident photon fluence of 6 and 18 MV x rays caused by blocks and block trays

Medical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2092-2098

  Jursinic, Paul A ^a  

^a Battle Creek Health System   (United States)

Author keywords

Block factor; Scatter off blocks; Tray factor

Indexed keywords

NEUTRON EMISSION; PHANTOMS; PHOTONS;

ANALYTICAL EQUATIONS; BLOCK FACTOR; ELECTRON FLUENCES; MEASUREMENTS OF; PHOTON FLUENCE; RADIATION FIELD; SINGLE-VALUE; TRAY FACTOR;

X RAYS;

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; LIGHT SCATTERING; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY;

EID: 0032747468     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598724     Document Type: Article

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