Variations in photon energy spectra of a 6 MV beam and their impact on TLD response

Medical Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2619-2628

  Scarboro, Sarah B ^a   Followill, David S ^a   Howell, Rebecca M ^a   Kry, Stephen F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

energy correction factor; radiotherapy; spectra; TLD

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; DOSIMETERS; MODULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTOELECTRICITY; PHOTOIONIZATION; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY; SPECTROSCOPY;

CORRECTION FACTORS; ENERGY CORRECTION; IRRADIATION CONDITIONS; MEASUREMENT LOCATIONS; MEASUREMENT POINTS; PHOTON ENERGY SPECTRUM; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETERS; TREATMENT PARAMETERS;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

EID: 79959537535     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3575419     Document Type: Article

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