Evaluation of bremsstrahlung spectra generated by a 4-MeV linear accelerator
- 1 May 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Medical Physics
- Vol. 23 (5) , 651-654
- https://doi.org/10.1118/1.597701
Abstract
A modified method for the evaluation of bremsstrahlung spectra on the basis of transmission measurements is presented. The method is tested for two 4 MeV therapy accelerators. The calculated spectra are compared with other experimental results and Monte Carlo simulation. (C) 1996 American Association of Physicists in Medicine.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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