British Journal of Radiology · 1949 · 22 citations · 1 references
MedicineRadiologyDiagnostic ImagingRadiation DosimetryTreatment PlanningPatient-specific DosimetrySmall Field DosimetryTreatment Planning Dose CalculationDepth Dose DistributionDose Depth CurvePercentage Depth DoseRadiation Field DesignRadiography Exposure ControlThree-dimensional Dose CalculationX-ray Dosimetry
Two families of curves are presented which provide a ready means of correcting for changes in central surface and axial depth doses due to the use of elongated rectangular fields in deep X-ray therapy. The method is based on the scheme of Meredith and Neary for the calculation of X-ray depth doses.
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