Measurement of primary bremsstrahlung spectrum from an 8-MeV linear accelerator.

Abstract:

:The bremsstrahlung spectrum from an 8-MeV linear accelerator has been measured using a NaI(T1) spectrometer system. The spectrum shows a low-energy cutoff at 0.4 MeV and the maximum photon energy to be approximately 6% greater than the nominal energy. The maximum emission of energy fluence was 1.6 and 1.8 MeV for measured and calculated values, respectively. The fast neutron dose in the photon beam was approximately 0.09% of the x-ray dose. The weighted mean energy was 2.3 MeV, measured value, and 2.4 MeV, calculated value.

journal_name

Med Phys

journal_title

Medical physics

authors

Levy LB,Waggener RG,Wright AE

doi

10.1118/1.594221

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1976-05-01 00:00:00

pages

173-5

issue

3

eissn

0094-2405

issn

2473-4209

journal_volume

3

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