ESTRO course Dose Modelling and Verification 2017

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Learning objectives

 To know how a clinical high-energy photon beam is produced.

 To learn about basic photon beam characteristics, such as beam quality and lateral distributions.

 To understand how the photon beam is shaped and modulated in collimators and wedges.

 To understand how the “raw” electron beam is converted into a flat and clinically useable electron beam through scattering foils.

 To learn about electron beam collimation.

 To understand the basic characteristics of a clinical electron beam.

T Knöös

Warsaw 2017