Magnetic fields from Linacs

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

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>Date:         Tue, 28 Jul 1998 15:46:08 -0400
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>From: Steve Cartwright <Steve_Cartwright@KETTHEALTH.COM>
>Subject:      Magnetic fields from Linacs
>To: MEDPHYS@LISTS.WAYNE.EDU
>
>One of our therapy physicists just handed me a technical note from a
>manufacturer of defibrillators.  The company cautions against the
>effects of magnetic fields from linear accelerators.  The
>defibrillator will be affected by a field of 10 gauss or more.  I am
>without a gaussmeter.  Does anyone out there have information on
>magnetic fields associated with the Philips (Elekta) SL-25?  Thanks.
>
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Chris Alston
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