Linear Accelerators in Radiotherapy: A Brief Introduction to Physical and Technical Design Features.

ผู้แต่ง

  • J.M. Jensen Radiooncology University of Kiel Medical School, Kiel, Germany
  • B. Kimmig Radiooncology University of Kiel Medical School, Kiel, Germany
  • S. Wanwilairat Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology Chiang Mai University Hospital, Chiang Mai, Thailand
  • V. Lorvidhaya Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology Chiang Mai University Hospital, Chiang Mai, Thailand

คำสำคัญ:

radiotherapy, linear accelerator

บทคัดย่อ

The most widely used instrument in radiotherapy treatment is the linear accelerator. Since the first introduction into radiotherapy in 1952 a tremendous technical and physical development took place. It started with a stationary rontgen-like megavoltage equipment and is presently a web-like network including a computerized dynamically operating multi-modality linear accelerator. New components, such as asymmetrical jaws, multi-leaf collimator, virtual wedge, double-photon and multi-electron capability, high dose rates, automatic set-up and dynamical beam delivery, etc., improve machine handling and treatment of patients significantly. At present only three vendors offering medical linear accelerators with quite different technical solutions to produce useful electron and photon beams.

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2025-08-02

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J.M. Jensen, B. Kimmig, S. Wanwilairat, V. Lorvidhaya. Linear Accelerators in Radiotherapy: A Brief Introduction to Physical and Technical Design Features. J Thai Assn of Radiat Oncol [อินเทอร์เน็ต]. 2 สิงหาคม 2025 [อ้างถึง 8 มีนาคม 2026];9(1-3):7-22. available at: https://he01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/jtaro/article/view/281433

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