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Στις 9 Μαϊ 2014 10:28 π.μ., ο χρήστης "Stathis Kamperis" <<a href="mailto:ekamperi@gmail.com">ekamperi@gmail.com</a>> έγραψε:<br>
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> Hello everyone,<br>
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> I'm using the Elekta Precise 6MV phase space data from the site of<br>
> IAEA. I was plotting the mean photons' energy vs. radial distance and<br>
> there's a peak around ~6-7.5cm that I cannot explain:<br>
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> <a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/25202446/peak.png">http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/25202446/peak.png</a><br>
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> Also, the graph from here<br>
> <a href="http://www.creatis.insa-lyon.fr/~dsarrut/articles/Grevillot2011.pdf">http://www.creatis.insa-lyon.fr/~dsarrut/articles/Grevillot2011.pdf</a><br>
> lacks such a peak (not sure if it is the same exact linac model).<br>
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> The closest clue I could get is from Grevillot et al:<br>
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> "... step in the particle radial fluence is observed between 65 and 70<br>
> mm in (b), corresponding to interactions of the photons with the flat<br>
> bottom edge of the flattening filter."<br>
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> Do you have any suggestion on how to interpret my results ? Perhaps<br>
> the simulation of the IAEA phase-space data used a smaller flattening<br>
> filter ? And too many photons pass through its edge ?</p>
<p dir="ltr">Actually that doesnt make sense. We are plotting mean energy, not fluence. </p>
<p dir="ltr"> (I think that<br>
> the plot code is correct, since it uses the fields package of R.)<br>
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> Thank you for your consideration,<br>
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> Best regards,<br>
> Stathis<br>
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