Imaging doses from the Elekta Synergy X-ray cone beam CT system

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 80, Issue 954, 2007, Pages 476-482

  Amer, Ali ^a   Marchant, T ^a   Sykes, J ^b   Czajka, J ^a   Moore, C ^a  

^a CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Northern and Yorkshire Clinical Trials and Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM FLUORIDE;

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; HEAD; IMAGING SYSTEM; IONIZATION CHAMBER; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; LUNG; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PELVIS; PHANTOM; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION SCATTERING; THEORETICAL STUDY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; X RAY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HEAD; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROSTATE; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34548290360     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/80446730     Document Type: Article

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