Determination of the photon beam attenuation by the BrainLAB imaging couch: Angular and field size dependence

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 16-27

  Njeh, Christopher F ^a   Raines, Timothy W ^a   Saunders, Mark W ^a  

^a TEXAS ONCOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Carbon fiber couch; IGRT; IMRT; Photon beams

Indexed keywords

EID: 77749233768     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v10i3.2979     Document Type: Article

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