Film measurements of kilovoltage x-ray percentage depth doses for different energies and field sizes

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Authors

Tze Yee Lim · The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Dershan Luo · The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Jamshid Moradi-Kurdestany · Mercy Clinic Cancer and Hematology

Xin Wang · The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Ramesh Tailor · The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Abstract

Our film-based measurement technique provides high spatial resolution PDD datapoints for a modern kilovoltage x-ray unit, adding to the limited published data in the kilovoltage energy range.

Topics & Keywords

Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Affordable and clean energy

Publication Details

Published in: British Journal of Radiology

Volume 98, Issue 1172, pp. 1298-1304

DOI: 10.1093/bjr/tqaf107

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