The effect of stair-step leaf transmission on the 'tongue-and-groove problem' in dynamic radiotherapy with a multileaf collimator

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 595-602

  Webb, S ^a   Bortfeld, T ^b   Stein, J ^b   Convery, D ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b Abteilung Medizinische Physik   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOTHERAPY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

HEALTH PHYSICS; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 0030888540     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/42/3/011     Document Type: Article

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