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Published on: May 9, 2014
Radiation protection of linac bunkers. A user-friendly approach
Thyge Holten Sørensen1, Kjeld Jørgen Olsen2, Claus Flensted Behrens3
1Department of Oncology, Division of Radiotherapy (52AA), Radiotherapy Research Unit, Herlev Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Herlev Ringvej 75, Herlev 2730, Denmark thyge.holten.soerensen@regionh.dk.
Abstract:
A well-known but complex formalism for the calculation of the leakage dose at the entrance of the linac maze was considered and simplified. These simplifications were based partly on the literature and partly on the authors' own measurements. The authors have included photon scatter originating from the irradiated patient in the formalism. A formalism for two different types of bunkers was developed, and the authors have obtained simple formulas to calculate the dose at the maze entrance for both bunker types.
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