Development of an In-house Couch Model to Improve Dose Attenuation Correction Accuracy for a Couch with Different Thickness in the Superior-inferior Direction-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Development of an In-house Couch Model to Improve Dose Attenuation Correction Accuracy for a Couch with Different Thickness in the Superior-inferior Direction

Published:2019 Issue:10 Volume:75 Page:1125-1134
ISSN:0369-4305
Container-title:Japanese Journal of Radiological Technology
language:en
Short-container-title:Nippon Hoshasen Gijutsu Gakkai Zasshi

Author:

Aoyama Takahiro¹,Shimizu Hidetoshi¹²,Isomura Taiki³,Kitagawa Tomoki¹,Tanaka Kento⁴,Kodaira Takeshi¹

Affiliation:

1. Department of Radiation Oncology, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital

2. Graduate School of Radiological Technology, Gunma Prefectural College of Health Sciences

3. Department of Radiation Oncology, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital (Current address: Department of Proton Technology, Medipolis Proton Therapy and Research Center)

4. Department of Radiation Oncology, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital (Current address: Department of Radiology, Okazaki City Hospital)

Publisher

Japanese Society of Radiological Technology

Subject

General Medicine

Link

https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jjrt/75/10/75_2019_JSRT_75.10.1125/_pdf

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