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Latest revision as of 15:44, 12 August 2021
Irradiation technique where the incident beam from an accelerator is broadened laterally to cover the target uniformly. The ‘broad beam’ is shaped using a collimator to match the irradiation field to the cross-section of the target.
(from ICRP Publication 127, 2014)
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