Estimation of the focal spot size and shape for a medical linear accelerator by Monte Carlo simulation

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 485-488

  Wang, Lilie L W ^a   Leszczynski, Konrad ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dose profile; Focal spot; Monte Carlo simulation; Penumbra

Indexed keywords

LINEAR ACCELERATORS;

DOSE PROFILE; EGSNRC MONTE CARLO; FOCAL SPOT; FOCAL SPOT SIZE; PENUMBRA; SIMPLE METHOD;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAM; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION RESPONSE;

EID: 33846615836     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2426407     Document Type: Article

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