Published May 1976
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Journal article
Measurement of primary bremsstrahlung spectrum from an 8-MeV linear acceleration
Creators
- 1. Department of Radiology, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas 78234
Description
The bremsstrahlung spectrum from an 8-MeV linear accelerator was measured using a NaI(T1) spectrometer system. The spectrum shows a low-energy cutoff at 0.4 MeV and the maximum photon energy to be approximately 6% greater than the nominal energy. The maximum emission of energy fluence was 1.6 and 1.8 MeV for measured and calculated values, respectively. The fast neutron dose in the photon beam was approximately 0.09% of the x-ray dose. The weighted mean energy was 2.3 MeV, measured value, and 2.4 MeV, calculated value
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1118/1.594221;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Medical Physics
- Journal Volume
- 3
- Journal Issue
- 3
- Series
- Med. Phys.
- Journal Page Range
- 173-175
- ISSN
- 0094-2405
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 7268941
- Subject category
- S43: PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;
- Descriptors DEI
- BREMSSTRAHLUNG; ENERGY SPECTRA; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; MEV RANGE 01-10; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY
- Descriptors DEC
- ACCELERATORS; CYCLIC ACCELERATORS; DOSIMETRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ENERGY RANGE; MEV RANGE; RADIATIONS; SPECTRA
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