In Chapter 4, I discussed how radiation interacts with matter and, based on that, how an individual beam can be “constructed.” The result could look something like the beam whose dose distribution within one section of the patient is illustrated in Figure 6.1.
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(2007). Designing a Treatment Plan. In: Radiation Oncology: A Physicist's-Eye View. Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-72645-8_6
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