Output ratios in a miniphantom for asymmetric fields shaped by a multileaf collimator

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2305-2317

  Georg, D ^a   Garibaldi, C ^a   Dutreix, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION PHYSICS;

BIOPHYSICS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0030828746     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/42/11/021     Document Type: Article

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