Planning, delivery, and quality assurance of intensity-modulated radiotherapy using dynamic multileaf collimator: A strategy for large-scale implementation for the treatment of carcinoma of the prostate

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 863-873

  Burman, Chandra ^a   Chui, Chen Shou ^a   Kutcher, Gerald ^a   Leibel, Steven ^a   Zelefsky, Michael ^a   LoSasso, Thomas ^a   Spirou, Spiridon ^a   Wu, Qiuwen ^a   Yang, Jie ^a   Stein, J̈RG ^a,b   Mohan, Radhe ^a   Fuks, Zvi ^a   Ling, C Clifton ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

DMLC; Dynamic multileaf collimator; Intensity modulation; Prostate cancer; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COLLIMATOR; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SAFETY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0030661596     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(97)00458-6     Document Type: Article

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