Procedures for dosimetric monitoring of the radiation parameters of the latest generation of linear electron accelerators for morning and pre-therapeutic testing of plans for irradiation of patients are discussed. It is found that the deviations in the radiation yield of the accelerators lie within the international tolerance of ±2% and the width of the leakage peaks is less than 7 mm. It is shown that for intensity modulated radiation therapy, the calculated and measured values agree to within 75–100% for 95% of irradiation plans.
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Translated from Izmeritel’naya Tekhnika, No. 4, pp. 53–56, April, 2017.
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Lebedenko, I.M., Krylova, T.A., Khromov, S.S. et al. Procedures for Dosimetric Monitoring of the Radiation Parameters of Clinical Linear Electron Accelerators. Meas Tech 60, 382–385 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11018-017-1206-3
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