A practical and theoretical definition of very small field size for radiotherapy output factor measurements

Medical Physics

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Charles, P H ^a   Cranmer Sargison, G ^b,c   Thwaites, D I ^d   Crowe, S B ^a   Kairn, T ^a,d   Knight, R T ^e   Kenny, J ^f,g   Langton, C M ^a   Trapp, J V ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b SASKATCHEWAN CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e WESLEY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f AUSTRALIAN RADIATION PROTECTION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AGENCY   (Australia)

^g TOOWOOMBA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

dosimetry; Monte Carlo; nonequilibrium; output factors; small field; very small field

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; PHANTOMS; PHOTONS;

DETECTOR POSITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL METHODOLOGY; NON EQUILIBRIUM; OUTPUT FACTOR MEASUREMENTS; OUTPUT FACTORS; SMALL FIELD; SMALL FIELD SIZE; VERY SMALL FIELD;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; LIGHT SCATTERING; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MEASUREMENT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OUTPUT FACTOR MEASUREMENT; PHOTON; RADIOLOGY PHANTOM; RADIOTHERAPY; THEORETICAL STUDY; UNCERTAINTY; DEVICES; ELECTRON; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; PROCEDURES; RADIOMETRY; THERAPEUTIC USE;

ELECTRONS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHOTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 84896457374     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4868461     Document Type: Article

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