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Electron beam simulation applicators
Author(s) -
Purdy James A.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
medical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.473
H-Index - 180
eISSN - 2473-4209
pISSN - 0094-2405
DOI - 10.1118/1.595425
Subject(s) - cathode ray , medical physics , dosimetry , beam (structure) , electron , optics , physics , materials science , nuclear medicine , nuclear physics , medicine
A system for simulating electron beam treatment portals using low‐temperature melting point alloy is described. Special frames having the same physical dimensions as the electron beam applicators used on the Varian Clinac ® 20 linear accelerator were designed and constructed.