A method is provided to represent the calculated phase space of photons
emanating from medical accelerators used in photon teletherapy. The method
reproduces the energy distributions and trajectories of the photons
originating in the bremsstrahlung target and of photons scattered by
components within the accelerator head. The method reproduces the energy
and directional information from sources up to several centimeters in
radial extent, so it is expected to generalize well to accelerators made
by different manufacturers. The method is computationally both fast and
efficient overall sampling efficiency of 80% or higher for most field
sizes. The computational cost is independent of the number of beams used
in the treatment plan.