Radiotherapy couches: is kevlar an obstacle? Attenuation study of three different tabletops

Introduction: Treatment tabletops are usually made of carbon fibre due to its high mechanical strength and rigidity, low specific density, extremely light and regularly considered radio translucent. Our clinic acquired a Calypso 4D Localization System where electromagnetic (EM) frequencies to detect...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Silva, Célia (author)
Other Authors: Mateus, Dalila (author), Vieira, Sandra (author), Rodrigues, Milton (author), Eiras, Margarida (author), Greco, Carlo (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2020
Subjects:
Calypso®
Tabletop
Attenuation
Carbon fiber
Kevlar
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/12511
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.ipl.pt:10400.21/12511

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/12511

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