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Report of AAPM Therapy Physics Committee Task Group 74: Inâ air output ratio, Sc, for megavoltage photon beams

dc.contributor.authorZhu, Timothy C.
dc.contributor.authorAhnesjö, Anders
dc.contributor.authorLam, Kwok Leung
dc.contributor.authorLi, X. Allen
dc.contributor.authorMa, Chang‐ming Charlie
dc.contributor.authorPalta, Jatinder R.
dc.contributor.authorSharpe, Michael B.
dc.contributor.authorThomadsen, Bruce
dc.contributor.authorTailor, Ramesh C.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-06T20:46:21Z
dc.date.available2017-01-06T20:46:21Z
dc.date.issued2009-11
dc.identifier.citationZhu, Timothy C.; Ahnesjö, Anders ; Lam, Kwok Leung; Li, X. Allen; Ma, Chang‐ming Charlie ; Palta, Jatinder R.; Sharpe, Michael B.; Thomadsen, Bruce; Tailor, Ramesh C. (2009). "Report of AAPM Therapy Physics Committee Task Group 74: Inâ air output ratio, Sc, for megavoltage photon beams." Medical Physics 36(11): 5261-5291.
dc.identifier.issn0094-2405
dc.identifier.issn2473-4209
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/134830
dc.publisherAmerican Association of Physicists in Medicine
dc.publisherWiley Periodicals, Inc.
dc.subject.otherCollimators
dc.subject.otherPhotons
dc.subject.otherField size
dc.subject.otherDosimetry
dc.subject.otherMultileaf collimators
dc.subject.otherBackscattering
dc.subject.otherPhoton scattering
dc.subject.otherLinear accelerators
dc.subject.otherMonte Carlo methods
dc.subject.otherXâ ray scattering
dc.subject.otherradiation monitoring
dc.subject.otherTherapeutic applications, including brachytherapy
dc.subject.otherDosimetry/exposure assessment
dc.subject.otherRadiation monitoring, control, and safety
dc.subject.otherQuality assurance in radiotherapy
dc.subject.otherApplications
dc.subject.otherdosimetry
dc.subject.otherMonte Carlo methods
dc.subject.otherphantoms
dc.subject.otherquality assurance
dc.subject.otherradiation therapy
dc.subject.otherin air output ratio
dc.subject.otherheadscatter
dc.subject.otheroutput factor
dc.subject.otherenergy fluence
dc.subject.otherminiphantom
dc.subject.othermegavoltage photon
dc.subject.otherextra focal source
dc.subject.otherMU calculation
dc.titleReport of AAPM Therapy Physics Committee Task Group 74: Inâ air output ratio, Sc, for megavoltage photon beams
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.rights.robotsIndexNoFollow
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelMedicine (General)
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelHealth Sciences
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Reviewed
dc.contributor.affiliationumUniversity of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
dc.contributor.affiliationotherFox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania19111
dc.contributor.affiliationotherUppsala University, 751 85 Uppsala, Sweden and Nucletron AB, Box 1704, 751 47 Uppsala, Sweden
dc.contributor.affiliationotherRPC, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas77030
dc.contributor.affiliationotherUniversity of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53705
dc.contributor.affiliationotherPrincess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, ON M5G 2M9,Canada
dc.contributor.affiliationotherUniversity of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610
dc.contributor.affiliationotherUniversity of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania19104
dc.contributor.affiliationotherMedical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin53226
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dc.identifier.doi10.1118/1.3227367
dc.identifier.sourceMedical Physics
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