Dosimetry of a kilovoltage radiotherapy x-ray machine

• Published in: Medical dosimetry : official journal of the American Association of Medical Dosimetrists Vol. 18; no. 4; p. 179
• Main Authors: Kurup, R G, Glasgow, G P
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 1993
• Subjects: Humans; Models, Structural; Radiotherapy - instrumentation; Radiotherapy Dosage; Scattering, Radiation

We present the percent depth doses, half-value thicknesses, exposure rates in air, dose uniformity, backscatter factors, isodose curves, and penumbra widths for 75-kVp, 100-kVp, 150-kVp, 200-kVp, and 250-kVp beams for rectangular cones (4 cm x 6 cm, 6 cm x 8 cm, and 8 cm x 10 cm) and exposure rates...