Re: Operational Theory of Medical Linacs

[Chris Alston <alstonc@odrge.odr.georgetown.edu>]

Yes, it's a very useful little (~50 pp) book, though not a quantitative
"treatment", if that's what you're wanting. This is the second edition of a
pamphlet originally published by the Center for Devices and Radiological
Health as FDA 82-8181. There was also an accompanying videotape. I don't
know if the latter is still available (from the CDRH). I used Part III of
the taped version, once, as part of an annual refresher for a group of RTT's.

Regards
cja
alstoncj@georgetown.edu

P.S. Have you tried looking at Varian's website, or that of one of the
National Labs, or similar institutions? E.g., Brookhaven, SLAC, and Argonne
would seem to be good prospects.

At 10:31 AM 8/28/00 -0500, you wrote:
>For those interested in the theory of medical linear accelerators, I
>recommend the book
>"A Primer on theory and operation of Linear Accelerators in Radiation
>Therapy" by Karzmark and Morton. Available in softcover from Medical Physics
>Publishing www.medical physics.org
>
>Armin Langenegger
>Medical Physicist
>Racine, WI
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