Journal article
Improved method for the design of tissue compensators
Abstract
A program, WBEAM, is described which calculates dose distributions in planes perpendicular to the beam axis, taking into account both field shape and patient contour. WBEAM can be used to design compensators which when placed in the beam will produce uniform dose distributions in the plane of calculation. The program was tested in three different situations: a 30 x 30 cm field with a flat contour, a "mantle" field with a flat contour, a …
Authors
Shragge PC; Patterson MS
Journal
Medical Physics, Vol. 8, No. 6, pp. 885–891
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
November 1981
DOI
10.1118/1.595040
ISSN
0094-2405