Determination of small field output factors and correction factors using a Monte Carlo method for a 1000 MU/min CyberKnife® system equipped with fixed collimators

Radiation Measurements - Tập 71 - Trang 287-292 - 2014
Cyril Moignier1, C. Huet1, V. Barraux2, C. Bassinet1, M. Baumann1, K. Sebe-Mercier2, C. Loiseau2, A. Batalla2, Libor Makovicka3
1Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), Service de Dosimétrie Externe, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
2Service de Radiophysique, Centre François Baclesse, Caen, France
3IRMA/CE UMR 6249 CNRS, Université de Franche-Comté, Montbéliard, France

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