… the field compared with the dose when no wedge is used. Adding blocks to a treatment field
… dose at points outside the field, but the effect is much smaller than the effect of a wedge, and …

… field-in-field (FIF) technique can be used to replace wedge filter in radiation treatment …
In radiotherapy treatment planning, special filters or absorbing blocks are placed in the path …

… same field size than the lead wedges (compare 30" and 45" surface doses in Table II). For
treatment techniques requiring a high surface dose (eg, tangential breast fields) the wedge-…

… common wedge factor (WF) table and one set of treatment-… when Cerrobend blocking was
required and a physical wedge with … Also, the wedge factor (WF) dependence on field size was …

… wedge is a means of remote wedging created by independently moving one collimator jaw
through the treatment field … wedge versus the standard wedge with the half beam block using …

… blocks, the orientation of the field, and wedges. Reports have shown that the use of regular
wedges, particularly for the medial tangential field, … dose outside the treatment field in a tissue …

… treatment conditions it is advisable to use the smaller wedges for small treatment fields, …
easier to handle and their smaller volume will rarely interfere with any field shaping blocks. …

… dose distributions and wedge factors in photon treatment fields generated by dynamic wedges.
This … In conventional radiation therapy, beam modifiers, including blocks, wedges, and …

… include blocks, orientation of the fields and wedges, and the technique used for treatment. …
Our results, indicate that the use of tangential wedge fields increase the dose the CLB for all …

… The tangential fields are provided with appropriate wedges to produce a fairly uniform dose
… shielding blocks. However, such an approach makes it difficult to ensure that the opposing …