link to lecture transcript - UT-H GSBS Medical Physics Class Site
link to lecture transcript - UT-H GSBS Medical Physics Class Site
link to lecture transcript - UT-H GSBS Medical Physics Class Site
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The energy transfer coefficient has a maximum in the vicinity of ½ <strong>to</strong> 1 MeV. This<br />
means we have an enhancement of energy transferred <strong>to</strong> kinetic energy of charged<br />
particles at energies fairly close <strong>to</strong> what we like <strong>to</strong> use for radiation therapy. That’s<br />
really neat, because we want <strong>to</strong> transfer as much of this pho<strong>to</strong>n energy as possible <strong>to</strong><br />
charged particles, that is, the electrons, <strong>to</strong> produce secondary ionizations. So that’s<br />
good. We have a maximum energy transfer where we would like such a maximum<br />
<strong>to</strong> be.<br />
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