Mathematical aspects of a rotating point source with an application to megavoltage shielding.
This study developed the mathematics of a rotating point source. The relative dose and the dose rate were numerically evaluated at various positions along the cardinal axes, both with and without a 1-m-thick concrete barrier. The point source model was compared to experimental data gathered at an operational megavoltage radiation therapy facility.
Steidley
K D
KD
Department of Radiation Oncology, Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ 07039.
Greener
A W
AW
D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011835:Radiation Protection; D011882:Radiotherapy, High-Energy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012399:Rotation