Radiation skyshine from a 6 MeV medical accelerator
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Medical 6 MeV linear accelerator made in Japan.
A 6 MeV medical linear accelerator manufactured by the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., has been installed in the Aichi Cancer Center Hospital. This is the first unit of this type made in Japan. This paper giv'es a brief description of the unit, reports the results of a series 'of tests for radiation and mechanical accuracy, and summarizes the one year history of calibration and stability. On...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1526-9914
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v11i3.3032