Intensity-modulated radiation therapy: Dynamic MLC (DMLC) therapy, multisegment therapy and tomotherapy: An example of QA in DMLC therapy

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 174, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1998, Pages 8-12

  Webb, S ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DMLC; Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Multisegment therapy; Tomotherapy

Indexed keywords

CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COLLIMATOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; PATIENT POSITIONING; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; RELIABILITY;

HUMANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY;

EID: 0031670529     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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4. Webb S, Bortfeld T, Stein J, et al. The effect of stair-step transmission on the "tongue-and-groove problem" in dynamic radiotherapy with a multileaf collimator. Phys Med Biol 1997; 42:595-602.
5. Webb S, Convery DJ, Bortfeld T, et al. A general analysis of the "tongue-and-groove effect" in dynamic MLC therapy. Proc 12th Int. Conf. on the Use of Computers in Radiation Therapy. Salt Lake City, Utah, May 1997.