Quality control aspects of the Philips multileaf collimator

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 225-233

  Hounsell, Alan R ^a   Jordan, Thomas J ^a  

^a CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Multileaf collimators; Quality control

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COLLIMATOR; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

CALIBRATION; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; QUALITY CONTROL; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC;

EID: 0030809842     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(97)00100-X     Document Type: Article

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