Determination of the kQclin,Qmsrfclin,fmsr correction factors for detectors used with an 800 MU/min CyberKnife®system equipped with fixed collimators and a study of detector response to small photon beams using a Monte Carlo method

Medical Physics - Tập 41 Số 7 - Trang 071702 - 2014
Cyril Moignier1, C. Huet1, Libor Makovicka2
1Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), Service de Dosimétrie Externe, 92260, Fontenay-aux-Roses (France)
2IRMA/CE UMR 6249 CNRS, Université de Franche‐Comté, 25200, Montbéliard, France

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