Physical aspects of cobalt 60 teletherapy using wedge filters
- 1 May 1960
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Acta Radiologica
- Vol. 53 (5) , 401-413
- https://doi.org/10.3109/00016926009171690
Abstract
Wedge filters for use with a Picker C 3000 cobalt unit are described. Measurements were made of build-up, transverse field distributions, percentage depth doses, isodose curves and absolute dose-rates. The presence of a wedge filter does not appreciably alter build-up characteristics of the radiation. For a given wedge (i.e. a given field width) a single isodose chart suffices for all field lengths, within limits of [plus or minus] 5%.Keywords
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