Systems and methods for real-time energy and dose monitoring of an x-ray linear accelerator

Abstract

A linear accelerator in data communication with a computing device and a programmable logic controller and including a magnetron, an electron gun that is configured to direct an accelerated beam of electrons at a target thereby generating a beam of X-rays, a primary collimator positioned beyond the target in a direction of the beam of X-rays, a secondary collimator coupled to an end of the primary collimator at which the beam of X-rays exit the primary collimator, an attenuating element and a calorimeter positioned within the primary collimator, and a reference detector positioned within the secondary collimator and configured to measure an X-ray radiation dose output of the linear accelerator on a pulse-by-pulse basis.