Apparatus and method for adjusting radiation in a radiation-emitting device

摘要

In a radiation emitting device, particularly in a radiation treatment device, the actual radiation delivered to an object via a radiation beam is adjusted dependent on the dimensions of an opening in a plate arrangement provided between a radiation source and an object so that the radiation output has a constant wedge factor over an irradiation field, regardless of the size of the opening. The wedge factor is defined as the ratio between a reference radiation output along a reference axis of the beam with a predetermined physical wedge in the beam path and an actual radiation output of the beam in a substantiallylossless beam path.