Dependence of virtual wedge factor on dose calibration and monitor units

Medical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 174-177

  Zhu, X R ^a   Gillin, M T ^a   Ehlers, K ^a   Lopez, F ^a   Grimm, D F ^a   Rownd, J J ^a   Steinberg, Todd H ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Virtual wedge; Virtual wedge factor

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; LINEAR ACCELERATORS;

HIGH DOSE RATE; IMPORTANT FEATURES; LOW DOSE RATE; MONITOR UNITS; SWITCHING POINTS; TOTAL DEVIATIONS; VIRTUAL WEDGE; VIRTUAL WEDGE FACTOR;

BINARY ALLOYS;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION PHYSICS;

EID: 0035113291     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1344204     Document Type: Article

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