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Spectrum corrections of raytraced collision kerma

and scerma for attenuated beams (wedges)

Multiply cKERMA by

Multiply SCERMA by

(

)

(

)

(

)

(

)

(

)

1 KERMA

mod

,

1 KERMA

open

PQ

g

depth thickness

g

k

Ψ

Ψ

=

(

)

(

)

(

)

SCERMA

mod

,

SCERMA

open

SQ

depth thickness

k

Ψ

Ψ

=

40

(

)

(

)

PQ

0

0

ˆ

mod

P

P

k

open

η

Ψ

Ψ

= ⋅ ⋅

5

10

15

20

25

30

Depth in water [cm]

0.90

0.95

1.00

1.05

1.10

Beam quality corrections for a 1.5 cm lead attenuator

k

PQ ,

k

SQ

0

0

4MV, k

PQ

4MV, k

SQ

24MV, k

PQ

24MV, k

SQ

i. e.

Where is the modulation.

ˆ

η

(

)

(

)

SQ

0

0

ˆ

mod

S

S

k

open

η

Ψ

Ψ

= ⋅ ⋅