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Out of field scatter from electron applicator in modern linear accelerators.

Bishwambhar SenguptaGreg DeFillippoJames J SohnPoonam YadavIndra J Das
Published in: Journal of applied clinical medical physics (2024)
There are clinically significant peripheral doses around 3% of the central axis dose from the electron applicator. Elekta has a slightly higher scatter (3%) than Varian (2%) that peaks at 25 cm which is clinically important but often overlooked.
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