PubMed · 414521
Computer program for central axis dose calculations for high energy photons.
Abstract
A computer program is described for central axis dose calculations for 60Co and 6 MV photons. Fixed distance or isocentric calculations for regular or irregular fields can be performed. Corrections are made for wedges and blocking trays. Tissue-air ratios and percentage depth doses are calculated from scatter-air ratios eliminating the need for empirical formulas. Calculated tissue-air ratios and percentage depth doses for elongated fields agree to within 2 per cent with measured data, eliminating the need for tables of equivalent squares. Calculated values for irregular fields also agree to within 2 per cent with measured data.
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A G Bukovitz. 1977. Computer program for central axis dose calculations for high energy photons.. https://doi.org/10.3109/02841867709133964
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