Verification and implementation of dynamic wedge calculations in a treatment planning system based on a dose-to-energy-fluence formalism

Medical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 307-316

  Weber, Lars ^a   Ahnesjö, Anders ^b   Nilsson, Per ^a   Saxner, Mikael ^b   Knöös, Tommy ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Helax AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

dose planning; dosimetry; dynamic wedge; pencil beam; radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION; RADIOTHERAPY;

DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSE PLANNING; DYNAMIC MOVEMENTS; ENERGY FLUENCES; MEASUREMENTS OF; PENCIL BEAM; THEORETICAL MODELING; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS;

IRRADIATION;

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; DOSIMETRY; FILTER; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION FIELD; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0029883724     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597797     Document Type: Article

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