Medical Dosimetry
Volume 32, Issue 4 , Pages 295-298 , Winter 2007

Dosimetric Characteristics of the Siemens IGRT Carbon Fiber Tabletop

  • Emiliano Spezi, Ph.D.
    • ,
  • Andrea Ferri

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Andrea Ferri, Policlinico S. Orsola-Malpighi, Servizio di Fisica Sanitaria, Via Massarenti 9, 40138 Bologna, Italy.

Received 27 October 2006 ,Accepted 15 November 2006.

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PII: S0958-3947(07)00053-2

doi: 10.1016/j.meddos.2006.11.006

Medical Dosimetry
Volume 32, Issue 4 , Pages 295-298 , Winter 2007

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