Physica Medica: European Journal of Medical Physics
Volume 22, Issue 1 , Pages 25-28 , January 2006

Development of head docking device for linac-based radiosurgery with a Neptun 10 PC linac

  • Alireza Khoshbin Khoshnazar

      Affiliations

    • Department of basic sciences. Faculty of Medicine. Golestan University of medical sciences, Gorgan (Iran)
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: A. Khoshbin Khoshnzar, Department of basic sciences. Faculty of medicine. Golestan university of medical sciences. Falsafi Complex. Begining of Shash colah's road. Hircania Blvd. Gorgan. Iran. Fax: +98-171-4421289
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  • Mohammad Taghi Bahreyni Toossi

      Affiliations

    • Medical physics department. Faculty of medicine. Mashhad university of medical sciences, Mashhad (Iran)
    • ,
  • Abdolreza Hashemian

      Affiliations

    • Medical Physics department. Faculty of medicine. Mashhad university of medical sciences, Mashhad (Iran)
    • ,
  • Roham Salek

      Affiliations

    • Radiotheropy department. Imam reza hospital, Mashhad (Iran)

Received 2 November 2005 ,Revised 20 February 2006 ,Accepted 17 March 2006.

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PII: S1120-1797(06)80007-4

doi: 10.1016/S1120-1797(06)80007-4

Physica Medica: European Journal of Medical Physics
Volume 22, Issue 1 , Pages 25-28 , January 2006

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