Measurements of in-air output ratios for a linear accelerator with and without the flattening filter

Medical Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 3723-3733

  Zhu, X R ^a   Kang, Y ^a   Gillin, M T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ANTIMONY; BACKSCATTERING; RADIOTHERAPY; SCANDIUM;

BACKSCATTERED RADIATION; EXPERIMENTAL UNCERTAINTY; FLATTENING FILTERS; HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; POINT OF MEASUREMENT; PRIMARY COLLIMATOR; SCATTERED RADIATIONS;

LINEAR ACCELERATORS;

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; COMPUTER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIODE; DOSIMETRY; FILTER; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SCATTERING;

EID: 33749419606     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2349695     Document Type: Article

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