Abstract:
:The effective energy of the x-ray beam from linear accelerators changes as a function of the position in the beam due to nonuniform filtration by the flattening filter. In this work, the transmittance through a water column was measured in good geometry and the beam quality characterized in units of HVL in water. Measurements were made on a variety of linear accelerators from 4 to 10 MV. The beam energy decreased with increasing distance from the central ray for all accelerators measured.
journal_name
Med Physjournal_title
Medical physicsauthors
Hanson WF,Berkley LW,Peterson Mdoi
10.1118/1.594677subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1980-03-01 00:00:00pages
145-6issue
2eissn
0094-2405issn
2473-4209journal_volume
7pub_type
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