Investigating in-field and out-of-field neutron contamination in high-energy medical linear accelerators based on the treatment factors of field size, depth, beam modifiers, and beam type

BİLTEKİN, FATİH; YEĞİNER, METE; ÖZYİĞİT, GÖKHAN

doi:10.1016/j.ejmp.2015.03.015

Investigating in-field and out-of-field neutron contamination in high-energy medical linear accelerators based on the treatment factors of field size, depth, beam modifiers, and beam type

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BİLTEKİN F., YEĞİNER M., ÖZYİĞİT G.

PHYSICA MEDICA-EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL PHYSICS, cilt.31, sa.5, ss.517-523, 2015 (SCI-Expanded)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 31 Sayı: 5
Basım Tarihi: 2015
Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2015.03.015
Dergi Adı: PHYSICA MEDICA-EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL PHYSICS
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.517-523
Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Purpose: We analysed the effects of field size, depth, beam modifier and beam type on the amount of infield and out-of-field neutron contamination for medical linear accelerators (linacs).