Compatibility of Varian 2100C gated operations with enhanced dynamic wedge and IMRT dose delivery

Medical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1732-1738

  Kubo, H Dale ^a   Wang, Lili ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Enhanced dynamic wedge; Gated radiotherapy; IMRT; Linear accelerator

Indexed keywords

LINEAR ACCELERATORS;

DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; ENHANCED DYNAMIC WEDGES; GATED RADIOTHERAPY; IMRT; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS; TECHNICAL INNOVATION; TREATMENT MODALITY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0033849941     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1287110     Document Type: Article

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