A method of improving the spatial resolution of treatments that involve a multileaf collimator

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 609-622

  Evans, P M ^a   Partridge, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; DECOMPOSITION; DOSIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOISOTOPE THERAPY; X RAY FILM;

ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; X-RAYS;

EID: 0034024087     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/45/3/304     Document Type: Article

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