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Incident energy fluence
Attenuated energy fluence at depth
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Energy ”taken away” from the direct beam, TERMA, at depth
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Energy transfered into collision KERMA at
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, it is appr.
Primary Dose
Energy transfered into photon scatter, SCERMA, at depth
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Primary Photon beam energy balance
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TERMA, Total Energy Released per MAss
KERMA, Kinetic Energy Released per MAss
SCERMA, photon Scatter Energy Released per MAss
Collision KERMA+SCERMA=TERMA