Dose perturbations by two carbon fiber treatment couches and the ability of a commercial treatment planning system to predict these effects

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 322-328

  Gerig, L H ^a,b,c   Niedbala, M ^a   Nyiri, B J ^a,c  

^a OTTAWA REGIONAL CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Buildup; Carbon fiber; Skin dose; Surface dose; Treatment couch; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBERS; GRAPHITE FIBERS; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; PHANTOMS; SURFACE TREATMENT;

BUILDUP; SKIN DOSE; SURFACE DOSE; TREATMENT COUCH; TREATMENT PLANNING;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

EID: 73649100241     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3271364     Document Type: Article

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