The Pocket Linac: A hand-held device for finding IEC collimator angles and independent jaw settings

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 311-313

  Appleby, Helen J ^a  

^a BRISTOL HAEMATOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

collimator angles; diaphragm settings; linear accelerator; new tool; radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COLLIMATOR; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

HUMANS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0030963521     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(96)01886-5     Document Type: Article

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4. Shaw J.E. Para 9.4.5. In: A Guide to Commissioning and Quality Control of Treatment Planning Systems, IPEMB Report No. 68, pp. 43. Editor: J.E. Shaw. The Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine and Biology, York, 1996.