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Scatter <strong>Radiation</strong><br />

• Same theory as old <strong>NCRP</strong>-49<br />

K<br />

– scatter fraction data of Kelley & Trout reevaluated<br />

by Simpkin & Dixon (Health Phys 1998)<br />

– pri ib beam area F (cm 2 ) measured at pri idistance d F<br />

conveniently taken as image receptor area @ SID<br />

– explicitly itl show kVp dependence d and sum over<br />

workload distribution to yield shielded scatter<br />

kerma<br />

S<br />

−6<br />

a′<br />

× 10 K ( ) ( )<br />

,<br />

1 W<br />

kVp W kVp F<br />

( x θ ) =<br />

∑<br />

B<br />

( x,<br />

kVp<br />

)<br />

2 2<br />

d<br />

d<br />

kVp<br />

S<br />

F<br />

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