Distance-dose curve for a miniature x-ray tube for stereotactic radiosurgery using an optimized aperture with a parallel-plate ionization chamber

Medical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2550-2554

  Biggs, P J ^a   Beatty, J ^a   Yasuda, T ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apertures; Calibration; Ion chambers; Low energy x rays; Percent depth dose

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CURVE FITTING; IONIZATION; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; X RAY TUBES;

APERTURE DIAMETER; APERTURES; DEPTH DOSE; DOSE DEPENDENCES; DOSE MEASUREMENT; LOW ENERGY X RAYS; SIMILAR DISTANCE; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY;

X RAYS;

WATER;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; IONIZATION CHAMBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; X RAY; X RAY TUBE;

EID: 0033457964     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598792     Document Type: Article

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