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Absorbed dose measurements in the build-up region of flattened versus unflattened megavoltage photon beams

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This study evaluated absorbed dose measurements in the build-up region of conventional (FF) versus flattening filter-free (FFF) photon beams. The absorbed dose in the build-up region of static 6 and 10 MV FF and FFF beams was measured using radiochromic film and extrapolation chamber dosimetry for single beams with a variety of field sizes, shapes and positions relative to the central axis. Removing the flattening filter generally resulted in slightly higher relative build-up doses. No considerable impact on the depth of maximum dose was found.
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build-up dose, surface dose, Flattening filter-free, PARALLEL IONIZATION CHAMBERS, MEDICAL LINEAR-ACCELERATOR, FREE CLINICAL ACCELERATOR, MONTE-CARLO, DOSIMETRIC PROPERTIES, RADIOCHROMIC FILM, FILTER, QUALITY, IMRT

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De Puysseleyr, Annemieke, et al. “Absorbed Dose Measurements in the Build-up Region of Flattened versus Unflattened Megavoltage Photon Beams.” ZEITSCHRIFT FUR MEDIZINISCHE PHYSIK, vol. 26, no. 2, 2016, pp. 177–83, doi:10.1016/j.zemedi.2016.02.005.
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De Puysseleyr, A., Lechner, W., De Neve, W., Georg, D., & De Wagter, C. (2016). Absorbed dose measurements in the build-up region of flattened versus unflattened megavoltage photon beams. ZEITSCHRIFT FUR MEDIZINISCHE PHYSIK, 26(2), 177–183. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.zemedi.2016.02.005
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De Puysseleyr, Annemieke, Wolfgang Lechner, Wilfried De Neve, Dietmar Georg, and Carlos De Wagter. 2016. “Absorbed Dose Measurements in the Build-up Region of Flattened versus Unflattened Megavoltage Photon Beams.” ZEITSCHRIFT FUR MEDIZINISCHE PHYSIK 26 (2): 177–83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.zemedi.2016.02.005.
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De Puysseleyr, Annemieke, Wolfgang Lechner, Wilfried De Neve, Dietmar Georg, and Carlos De Wagter. 2016. “Absorbed Dose Measurements in the Build-up Region of Flattened versus Unflattened Megavoltage Photon Beams.” ZEITSCHRIFT FUR MEDIZINISCHE PHYSIK 26 (2): 177–183. doi:10.1016/j.zemedi.2016.02.005.
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De Puysseleyr A, Lechner W, De Neve W, Georg D, De Wagter C. Absorbed dose measurements in the build-up region of flattened versus unflattened megavoltage photon beams. ZEITSCHRIFT FUR MEDIZINISCHE PHYSIK. 2016;26(2):177–83.
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A. De Puysseleyr, W. Lechner, W. De Neve, D. Georg, and C. De Wagter, “Absorbed dose measurements in the build-up region of flattened versus unflattened megavoltage photon beams,” ZEITSCHRIFT FUR MEDIZINISCHE PHYSIK, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 177–183, 2016.
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  author       = {{De Puysseleyr, Annemieke and Lechner, Wolfgang and De Neve, Wilfried and Georg, Dietmar and De Wagter, Carlos}},
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  journal      = {{ZEITSCHRIFT FUR MEDIZINISCHE PHYSIK}},
  keywords     = {{build-up dose,surface dose,Flattening filter-free,PARALLEL IONIZATION CHAMBERS,MEDICAL LINEAR-ACCELERATOR,FREE CLINICAL ACCELERATOR,MONTE-CARLO,DOSIMETRIC PROPERTIES,RADIOCHROMIC FILM,FILTER,QUALITY,IMRT}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{2}},
  pages        = {{177--183}},
  title        = {{Absorbed dose measurements in the build-up region of flattened versus unflattened megavoltage photon beams}},
  url          = {{http://doi.org/10.1016/j.zemedi.2016.02.005}},
  volume       = {{26}},
  year         = {{2016}},
}

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