Journal:
:iranian journal of radiation research
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gh. geraily department of medical physics, tehran university of medical science, tehran, iran
m. mirzapour department of electronic, east tehran branch, islamic azad university, tehran, iran
s.r. mahdavi department of medical physics, tehran university of medical science, tehran, iran
m. allahverdi department of medical physics, tehran university of medical science, tehran, iran
a. mostaar department of biomedical engineering and medical physics, shahid beheshti university of medical science, tehran, iran
m. masoudifar department of radiation oncology, mahak hospital, tehran, iran
background: physical wedges are still widely used as beam modifiers in external beam radiotherapy. however the presence of them in the beam trace may cause beam hardening which may not be considered in many treatment planning systems. the aim of this study is to investigate the beam hardening effect generated by physical wedges via different beam quality indexes as photon spectrum, half value l...