-
Megavoltage X-rays are
produced by
linear accelerators ("linacs")
operating at
voltages in
excess of 1000 kV (1 MV) range, and
therefore have an energy...
- structures.
Megavoltage X-rays are used to
treat deep-seated
tumors (e.g. bladder, bowel, prostate, lung, or brain),
whereas megavoltage electron beams...
- with
matter via
different physical mechanisms compared to
higher energy megavoltage X-rays or
radionuclide γ-rays,
increasing their relative biological effectiveness...
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Report 151
Structural shielding design and
evaluation for
megavoltage x-and gamma-ray
radiotherapy facilities".
Journal of
Radiological Protection...
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Edgar M.; Herbert,
Charles (1969). "An
Operative Staging System and a
Megavoltage Radiotherapeutic Technic for
Cerebellar Medulloblastomas". Radiology...
- IGRT
would also
include matching planar kilovoltage (kV)
radiographs or
megavoltage (MV)
images with
digital reconstructed radiographs (DRRs) from the planning...
- This is a
similar mechanism to the
production of high-energy
photons in
megavoltage radiation therapy machines (see bremsstrahlung).
Inverse Compton scattering...
-
tomotherapy and
conventional linac systems incorporate one or both of
megavoltage X-ray or
kilovoltage X-ray
imaging systems,
enabling image-guided radiation...
-
overlap of
several pristine Bragg peaks (blue lines) at
staggered depths.
Megavoltage X-ray
therapy has less "skin
sparing potential" than
proton therapy:...
- of
about 7 to 40 MeV,
which means that
radiotherapy facilities using megavoltage X-rays also
produce neutrons, and some
require neutron shielding.[citation...
