Physical and dosimetric aspects of a multileaf collimation system used in the dynamic mode for implementing intensity modulated radiotherapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1919-1927

  LoSasso, Thomas ^a   Chui, Chen Shou ^a   Ling, C Clifton ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Intensity modulation; Multileaf collimator; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DOSIMETRY; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIOTHERAPY; TRANSMISSIONS; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

COLLIMATION SYSTEM; INTENSITY MODULATIONS; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; LEAF POSITION; MECHANICAL ACCURACY; MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS; RADIOGRAPHIC FILMS; STATIC FIELDS;

DYNAMICS;

POLYSTYRENE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COLLIMATOR; DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; X RAY; X RAY FILM;

EID: 0031762329     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598381     Document Type: Article

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