Open AccessSmall field dosimetry and analysis of flattening filter free beams in true beam system
Author(s) -
KR Muralidhar,
Birendra Kumar Rout,
Kondapalli Kesava Durga Ramesh,
Meser M. Ali,
N Madhusudhan,
Krishna Komanduri,
M. Babaiah
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.138226
Subject(s) - flattening , dosimetry , consistency (knowledge bases) , beam (structure) , linear particle accelerator , field size , physics , optics , field (mathematics) , diode , nuclear medicine , mathematics , optoelectronics , medicine , geometry , astronomy , pure mathematics
The purpose of this study was to report the dosimetric characteristics of the small fields in flattening filter free (FFF) beams (output measurements, profile analysis, surface dose and consistency) generated by medical linear accelerator and its variation with respect to flattened beams (FB).