A new concept of multileaf collimator (the shuttling MLC) - An interpreter for high-efficiency IMRT

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 3343-3358

  Webb, S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE;

ALGORITHMS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL;

EID: 0033773557     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/45/11/316     Document Type: Article

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7. Multileaf collimator leaf-sequencing algorithm for intensity modulated beams with multiple static segments
8. Design considerations for the sides of multileaf collimator leaves