Dosimetric Characteristics of the Siemens IGRT Carbon Fiber Tabletop

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 295-298

  Spezi, Emiliano ^a   Ferri, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

IGRT; IMRT; PACS; Radiotherapy Treatment table

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBER; POLYSTYRENE;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE GUIDED RADIATION THERAPY; MEASUREMENT; PHANTOM; PHOTON THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; RADIATION FIELD; ROTATION;

CARBON; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED;

EID: 35549012420     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meddos.2006.11.006     Document Type: Article

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