1998
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/43/6/010
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Spectral reconstruction of clinical megavoltage photon beams and the implications of spectral determination on the dosimetry of such beams

Abstract: An analysis technique, based on simulated annealing, is described which is employed to derive megavoltage photon beam spectral information from narrow beam attenuation measurements. Megavoltage photon beam spectra have been determined using this technique for linear accelerators from different manufacturers, and different models from individual manufacturers at a range of energies from nominal 6 MV to nominal 25 MV. All of the photon beams included in the study are in routine clinical use. The subsequent effec… Show more

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“…In equation (1), T is the total energy of electron incident on the target in MeV, and t the hypothetical thickness of target material equivalent in attenuation to the entire filtering system (target, flattening filter, etc) and µ t (k) is the total linear attenuation coefficient for the target's material at energy k, extracted from NIST database tables. …”
Section: A the Schiff Bremsstrahlung Modelmentioning
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“…In equation (1), T is the total energy of electron incident on the target in MeV, and t the hypothetical thickness of target material equivalent in attenuation to the entire filtering system (target, flattening filter, etc) and µ t (k) is the total linear attenuation coefficient for the target's material at energy k, extracted from NIST database tables. …”
Section: A the Schiff Bremsstrahlung Modelmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Therefore, an alternative way of calculating the beam photon spectra of a linear accelerator based on indirect measures has been performed [1].…”
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“…La necesidad de un método práctico y sencillo para la determinación del espectro de energía de un haz de fotones emitido por un acelerador lineal médico se ha estudiado por diferentes autores [Baker et al, 1995], [Nisbet et al, 1998], [Partridge, 2000], [Piermattei et al, 1990]. Un método de estas características proporcionaría los medios necesarios para una mejor precisión dosimétrica en el tratamiento, una verificación de la calidad periódica del haz y la optimización de los dispositivos electrónicos de imagen portal.…”
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“…Otras técnicas de reconstrucción del espectro han utilizado datos empíricos de radiación medidos por espectrometría (por ejemplo, [Faddegon et al, 1990] o [Landry y Anderson, 1991]). La reconstrucción a partir de medidas experimentales o bien a partir de cálculos dosimétricos, por lo general a partir de curvas de dosis en profundidad [Bloch et al, 1998], [Archer et al,1985], [Nisbet et al,1998], son otras metodologías conocidas.…”
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