Calculation of head scatter factors at isocenter or at center of field for any arbitrary jaw setting

Medical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 506-511

  Shih, Rompin ^a,b   Li, X Allen ^a   Chu, James C H ^a   Hsu, Wen Lin ^b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Asymmetric fields; Head scatter factor; Miniphantom measurement; Photon calculation

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL LABORATORIES; PHOTONS;

ASYMMETRIC FIELDS; CENTER OF FIELDS; CLINICAL SITUATIONS; ISOCENTERS; OFF-AXIS RATIOS; PHOTON BEAMS; SCATTER FACTOR; SEMI-EMPIRICAL METHODS;

INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

SCATTER FACTOR;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PHANTOM; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0032890589     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598549     Document Type: Article

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