A vertical couch extender

Michael T. Gillin; Robert W. Kline; Loren J. Goshaw; Richard J. Tonkyn

doi:10.1016/0360-3016(79)90731-4

A vertical couch extender

Michael T. Gillin, Robert W. Kline, Loren J. Goshaw, Richard J. Tonkyn

Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

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Abstract

A patient treatment couch extender was designed and constructed to permit the use of large anterior and posterior fields while keeping the patient in the supine position during the entire course of treatment. Such a device is currently in use on a 6 MV, 100 cm isocenter unit with a retractable beam stop and a 4 MV, 80 cm unit with a counterweight. Treatment parameters and construction details are presented.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	269-270
Number of pages	2
Journal	International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics
Volume	5
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0360-3016(79)90731-4
State	Published - Feb 1979

Keywords

Isocentric treatment
Radiation therapy equipment
Treatment couch extender

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Radiation
Oncology
Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Cancer Research

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