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This chapter is devoted to a discussion of theoretical aspects of disk-loaded waveguides used for acceleration of electrons with linear accelerators (linacs) in treatment of cancer with ionizing radiation. Linacs represent a significant technological advancement over x-ray machines and cobalt-60 units which were used for routine radiotherapy in the past before the advent of linacs.
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Podgoršak, E.B. (2009). Waveguide Theory. In: Radiation Physics for Medical Physicists. Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-00875-7_13
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