Dosimetric comparison of an integrated multileaf-collimator versus a conventional collimator

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2285-2303

  Georg, D ^a   Julia, F ^b   Briot, E ^b   Huyskens, D ^a   Wolff, U ^a,c   Dutreix, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^c AKH Vienna ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; FILM DOSIMETER; IONIZATION CHAMBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PHYSICS; RADIATION SHIELD;

BIOPHYSICS; FILM DOSIMETRY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0030778477     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/42/11/020     Document Type: Article

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