The effect of carbon fiber couch inserts on surface dose with beam size variation

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 251-254

  Higgins, D M ^a   Whitehurst, P ^a   Morgan, A M ^a  

^a LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beam size; Carbon fiber; Surface dose

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBER;

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

CARBON; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 0034749407     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-3947(01)00071-1     Document Type: Article

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