Specifications

Photon Beam Parameters Electron Beam Parameters

Nominal X-ray Energies (MV) Electron Energy Groups (MeV)
Beam I Beam II Group I Group II Group III Group IV
6 10 6 4 6 4
6 15 9 6 9 6
6 18 12 9 12 9
8 15 15 12 16 12
8 18 18 15 20 16

Beam Characteristics
Nominal D max % Depth Dose Dose Rate: The dose rate at maximum buildup
Energy (cm) Dose @ 10 Rate * for a 15 X 15 cm field is variable in five fixed
(MV) cm. steps from 80 to 400 monitor units/minute at one
6 1.5 +/- .2 67 +/- 2 80/400 meter.
8 2.0 +/- .2 70 +/- 2 80/400 Field Size: Electron collimation will provide a
10 2.4 +/- .2 73 +/- 2 80/400 range of field sizes from 4 X 4 cm to 25 X 25
3.0 +/- .2
cm at one meter.
15 77 +/- 2 80/400 Flatness: The variation in intensity over the
18 3.3 +/- .2 80 +/- 1 80/400 central 80% of the longitudinal and transverse
* Dose Rate Variable In 5 Steps axes, measured at the depth of the maximum
buildup in a tissue equivalent phantom at a TSD
of 100 cm will not vary more than +/- 5% of the
Field Size: The field size is continuously mean value.
variable from 0X0 to 35X35 at one meter TSD. Symmetry: The integrated doses to
Flatness: The variation of X-Ray intensity over corresponding points within the central 80% of
the central 80% of the longitudinal and the longitudinal or transverse axes of the field at
transverse axes, measured at a depth of 10 cm in one meter TSD measured at a depth of
a tissue equivalent phantom at a TSD of 100 cm, maximum build up in water will not differ by
will not exceed +/- 3% of the mean value. more than +/-2% of their mean value.
Symmetry: The integrated doses to X-ray Contamination: The central axis
corresponding points within the central 80% of intensity for 15 X 15 cm field at 10 cm beyond
the longitudinal or transverse axes of the field at the depth of the 10% isodose line in a water
one meter TSD measured at a depth of 10 cm in phantom will be <5% of the maximum intensity.
water will not differ more than +/- 2% of their
mean value.