Assessment and management of radiotherapy beam intersections with the treatment couch

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 128-139

  Van Prooijen, Monique ^a   Kanesalingam, Thilakshan ^a   Islam, Mohammad K ^a,b   Heaton, Robert K ^a,b  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beam attenuation; IMRT; Treatment couch; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954367023     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v11i2.3171     Document Type: Article

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