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Wedge Filter Device Component

Known as: Wedge Filter 
A filter designed so that its thickness or transmission properties increase from one edge to another.
National Institutes of Health

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2010
2010
Effect of wedge filter and field size on photoneutron dose equivalent for an 18MV photon beam of a medical linear accelerator.
2005
2005
Measurement of effective dose for paediatric scoliotic patients
1999
1999
Clinical implementation of wedge filter optimization in three-dimensional radiotherapy treatment planning.
1990
1990
Peripheral doses of two linear accelerators employing universal wedges.
The peripheral dose (PD) is defined as the dose delivered to tissues outside the collimated radiotherapy beam. This absorbed dose… 
1985
1985
The Wedge Filter Technique for Convex Boundary Estimation
This paper describes a method for segmentation of convex shaped image regions. The wedge filter technique first employs the… 
1984
1984
Dosimetrical verification of calculated total and gamma absorbed dose distributions DT, respectively DG, for fast neutron therapy.
The physical part of treatment planning for neutron therapy is highly important but quite more complicated than for photons and… 
1981
1981
Characterization of a p(66)Be(49) neutron therapy beam I: central axis depth dose and off-axis ratios.
Results of measurements of central axis depth doses, off-axis ratios, and wedge filter effects are presented for a p(66)Be(49… 
1974
1974
Proceedings: Experimental verification of a method for varying the effective angle of wedge filters.
A wide range of wedge angles smaller than the nominal wedge angle can be obtained with a single wedge filter by irradiating… 
1959
1959
A wedge filter for use in treatment of carcinoma of the cervix uteri with 4 MV x-rays.
The treatment of carcinoma cervix uteri is frequently achieved by a combination of vaginal and intra-uterine radium sources with… 
1957
1957
The design of wedge filters for use with a 4-MeV linear accelerator.
Wedge filters have been in common use in radiotherapy for many years in sites where the choice of entrance portal for multiple… 
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