Two-effective-source method for the calculation of in-air output at various source-to-detector distances in wedged fields

Medical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 949-955

  Kim, Siyong ^a   Liu, Chihray ^a   Chen, Cody ^a   Palta, Jatinder R ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Effective source; Enhanced dynamic wedge; External wedge; Head scatter; In air output

Indexed keywords

PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS;

BEAM ENERGIES; EFFECTIVE SOURCE; ENHANCED DYNAMIC WEDGES; EXTERNAL WEDGES; PHYSICAL LOCATIONS; SIMPLE ALGORITHM; SOURCE POSITION; SOURCE-TO-DETECTORS;

INVERSE PROBLEMS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; PHOTON; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION SCATTERING;

EID: 0033026880     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598487     Document Type: Article

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