DocumentCode
855555
Title
The Treatment Head Design for Medical Linear Accelerators
Author
Taumann, Leonhard
Author_Institution
Siemens Medical Laboratories, Inc. 2404 North Main Street Walnut Creek, California 94596
Volume
28
Issue
2
fYear
1981
fDate
4/1/1981 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1893
Lastpage
1898
Abstract
Due to the drastic increase in the therapeutic use of high energy linear accelerators, growing attention is given to the characteristics of the beam parameters. The quality of the beam distribution is highly influenced by the design of the beam exit. Basic considerations for the development of the components of the electron and photon beam exit and their influence on the beam quality and handling of the accelerators are discussed.
Keywords
Atomic measurements; Collimators; Electron accelerators; Electron beams; Filters; Head; Laboratories; Linear accelerators; Medical treatment; Particle beams;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9499
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TNS.1981.4331549
Filename
4331549
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