Clinical dosimetry for implementation of a multileaf collimator

Medical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1992, Pages 1255-1261

  Huntzinaer, Calvin J ^b   Ochran, Timothv G ^a   Nverick, Carl E ^a   Waldron, Timothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

multileaf collimators; x ray dosimetry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; DOSIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; X RAY DOSE DISTRIBUTION;

HUMAN; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 0026785708     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: NA     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.596757     Document Type: Article

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