Treatment head design for multileaf collimated high-energy electrons

Medical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2161-2167

  Karlsson, Magnus G ^a   Karlsson, Mikael ^a   Ma, Chang Ming ^a,b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

EGS4 Monte Carlo; Electron beams; Multileaf collimator; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; ELECTRON BEAMS; HELIUM; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY;

AIR ATMOSPHERE; BEAM CHARACTERISTICS; CONVENTIONAL TREATMENTS; HIGH-ENERGY ELECTRON; MODULATION CHARACTERISTICS; MONTE CARLO CALCULATION; MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS;

ELECTRONS;

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELECTRON BEAM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032726864     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598732     Document Type: Article

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