A novel portal imaging device for advanced radiation therapy

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2000, Pages

  Iacobaeus, C ^a   Brahme, A ^a   Danielsson, M ^b   Fonte, P ^c   Ostling, J ^a   Peskov, V ^b   Wallmark, M ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAMS; PHOTONS; TUMORS; X RAYS;

ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING DEVICES; GAS ELECTRON MULTIPLIER; PHOTON IMAGING DETECTOR;

RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 0034593893     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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