Commissioning of photon beams of a flattening filter-free linear accelerator and the accuracy of beam modeling using an anisotropic analytical algorithm

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1228-1237

  Hrbacek, Jan ^a   Lang, Stephanie ^a   Klöck, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anisotropic analytical algorithm; Commissioning; Flattening filter free; TrueBeam

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ALGORITHMS; BEAM MODELING; COMMISSIONING; DATA SETS; DEPTH DOSE; EXCHANGE EFFECTS; FIELD SIZE; FLATTENING FILTER FREE; MEAN ENERGY; MEASURED DATA; PHOTON BEAMS; PHYSICAL CONDITIONS; SCATTER FACTOR; SHALLOW DEPTHS; SURFACE DOSE; TRUEBEAM;

ANISOTROPY; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; MODELS; PHOTONS; SURFACES; TISSUE;

ALGORITHMS;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FLATTENING FILTER FREE LINEAR ACCELERATOR; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; PHOTON THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SCATTERING; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ALGORITHMS; ANISOTROPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FILTRATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHOTONS; RADIOMETRY;

EID: 79959344605     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.09.050     Document Type: Article

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