The flatness of siemens linear accelerator x-ray fields

Medical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 220-228

  Faddegon, B A ^a   O'Brien, P ^a   Mason, D L D ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flatness; Flattener; Monte Carlo; Penumbra; X ray

Indexed keywords

LINEAR ACCELERATORS; PHOTONS; WATER TREATMENT; X RAYS;

DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; FLATNESS; FLATTENER; FLATTENING FILTERS; MATERIAL COMPOSITIONS; PENUMBRA; PRIMARY COLLIMATOR; THICKNESS PROFILES;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; SIMULATION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; X RAY;

EID: 0032964504     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598508     Document Type: Article

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