Effect of a carbon fiber tabletop on the surface dose and attenuation for high-energy photon beams

Radiation Medicine - Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 539-544

  Meydanci, Tülay P ^a   Kemikler, Gönül ^b  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Carbon fiber tabletop; Skin dose; Skin sparing effect

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBER;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAM; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; PHANTOM; PHOTON; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; SURFACE PROPERTY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CARBON; DENTAL MATERIALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED;

EID: 56649097512     PISSN: 02882043     EISSN: 18625274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11604-008-0271-6     Document Type: Article

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