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Charged Particle (=Electronic) Equilibrium
High
energy beam enters surface:
KERMA
is max because fluence is
greatest at surface
High
energy: energy is
deposited in front
of the interacting photon
lack
of energy deposition at the surface
Dose at surface is low (contamination: charged particles generated in linac
head)
depth
Transition stage
Transient equilibrium
R