Absorbed dose and dose rate using the Varian OBI 1.3 and 1.4 CBCT system

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 229-240

  Palm, Åsa ^a   Nilsson, Elisabeth ^a   Herrnsdorf, Lars ^b  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b RTI Electronics AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Absorbed dose; Cone beam CT; CT dose profiler; TLD

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954294819     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v11i1.3085     Document Type: Article

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