Beam quality specification in kilo-voltage radiotherapy

Purpose: The purpose of this work was to compare and analyse two clinically measurable beam quality specifiers, the half value layer (HVL) and the ratio of the doses at depths 2 cm and 5 cm (D2/D5) for a range of kilovoltage modalities, and to determine whether a practical, alternative and/or bet...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jozela, Sibusiso
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: 2008
Subjects:
HVL
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10539/4902