Factor-based dose calculations basic dosimetric quantities
Phantom scatter factor, S
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AAPM TG 74 report, Med Phys 36 (11), 2009
if s = collimator setting c at the plane of the isocentre
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cK
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S cS
1 under lateral CPE
dose to collision kerma ratio
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s: field size
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