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Uniform Scanning (US)

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Encyclopedia of Radiation Oncology

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A technique to generate a broad beam by using magnets to sweep a fairly large beam spot in both the x- and the y-direction. The beam intensity is kept constant (uniform) irrespective of the lateral position of the beam during scanning.

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  1. Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Florida Proton Therapy Institute, Jacksonville, FL, USA

    Dr. Daniel Yeung (Associate Professor)

  2. Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Florida Health Science Center, 2000 Archer Road, PO Box 100385, 32610-0385, Gainesville, FL, USA

    Dr. Jatinder Palta (sProfessor and Chief of Physics)

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  1. Distinguished University Professor, Hylda Cohn/American Cancer Professor Of Clinical Oncology, Professor of Radiation Oncology, Drexel University College of Medicine, MS 200, 216 North Broad St., Philadelphia, PA, 19102, USA

    Luther W. Brady MD

  2. Department of Radiation Oncology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157-0001, USA

    Theodore E. Yaeger MD

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Yeung, D., Palta, J. (2013). Uniform Scanning (US). In: Brady, L.W., Yaeger, T.E. (eds) Encyclopedia of Radiation Oncology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-85516-3_624

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