Dose Course 2018_Flipping book

Lateral dose distributions

max field size at d

and 10 cm depth

max

Beam flatness is normally optimized at 10 cm depth, which means that

110%

there will be “horns” at d

.

max

Siemens 6 MV, 10 cm

Siemens 6 MV, d

max

Siemens 18 MV, 10 cm

Siemens 18 MV, d

max

80%

Dublin 2018