AAPM's TG-51 protocol for clinical reference dosimetry of high-energy photon and electron beams.
@article{Almond1999AAPMsTP, title={AAPM's TG-51 protocol for clinical reference dosimetry of high-energy photon and electron beams.}, author={P. Almond and P. Biggs and B. Coursey and W. Hanson and M. Huq and R. Nath and D. Rogers}, journal={Medical physics}, year={1999}, volume={26 9}, pages={ 1847-70 } }
A protocol is prescribed for clinical reference dosimetry of external beam radiation therapy using photon beams with nominal energies between 60Co and 50 MV and electron beams with nominal energies between 4 and 50 MeV. The protocol was written by Task Group 51 (TG-51) of the Radiation Therapy Committee of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) and has been formally approved by the AAPM for clinical use. The protocol uses ion chambers with absorbed-dose-to-water calibration… CONTINUE READING
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