Development of an ultrasmall C-band linear accelerator guide for a four-dimensional image-guided radiotherapy system with a gimbaled x-ray head

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1797-1808

  Kamino, Yuichiro ^a   Miura, Sadao ^a   Kokubo, Masaki ^b   Yamashita, Ichiro ^a   Hirai, Etsuro ^a   Hiraoka, Masahiro ^c   Ishikawa, Junzo ^d  

^a MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND INNOVATION   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

C band; Gimbaled x ray head; Image guided radiotherapy; Linear accelerator

Indexed keywords

BORON COMPOUNDS; CERIUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTRON GUNS; IRRADIATION; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; MICROTRONS; PULSE REPETITION RATE; RADIATION SHIELDING; RADIOTHERAPY; X RAYS;

ACCELERATING STRUCTURE; C-BANDS; COUPLING CAVITIES; GIMBALED X-RAY HEAD; IMAGE GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; LEAKAGE RADIATION; RADIATION LEAKAGES; TRANSMISSION EFFICIENCY;

ACCELERATION;

CERIUM; CERIUM HEXABORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; DIODE; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRON; ENERGY; HEATING; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MAGNETISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SHIELD; X RAY;

EID: 34247648783     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2723878     Document Type: Article

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