Implementation and Characterization of Cone Beam Computed Tomography Using a Cobalt-60 Gamma Ray Source for Radiation Therapy Patient Localization
Cobalt 60 (Co-60) radiation therapy is a simple and reliable method of treating cancer by irradiating treatment volumes within the patient with high energy gamma rays. Medical linear accelerators (linacs) began to replace Co-60 units during the 1960’s in more developed countries, but Co 60 has remai...
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2010
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1974/6227 |