Radiation dose to radiotherapy technologists due to induced activity in high energy medical electron linear accelerators
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Radiation protection at high energy electron accelerators.
An overview is presented of radiation protection at high energy electron accelerator facilities. By 'high energy' is meant the energy domain beyond a few tens of MeV, where electromagnetic showers are the determining and dominant factor for beam interactions with matter. The basic components of electron accelerators are described and their potential impact on radiation safety. The paper then co...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Radiation Protection and Environment
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0972-0464
DOI: 10.4103/0972-0464.146460