Abstract:
In order to supply a dose rate which is as constant as possible over the cross section of the x-ray cone for radiation therapy, especially at lesser tissue depths (e.g. 3 cm), the surfaces of the collimator which define the margin of the x-ray cone are roughened for example by means of grooves transverse to the radiation direction, the grooves having semicircular or step-shaped cross sectional configuration, and advantageously being formed in a thin walled sleeve of low atomic number.