Intensity modulation delivery techniques: 'Step and shoot' MLC auto- sequence versus the use of a modulator

Medical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 948-959

  Chang, Sha X ^a   Cullip, Timothy J ^a   Deschesne, Katharin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Compensator; Dose optimization; Intensity modulation; Multileaf collimator

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CURVE FITTING; IRRADIATION; SHAPE OPTIMIZATION; TUMORS;

COMPENSATOR; COMPUTATION ACCURACY; CONVENTIONAL TREATMENTS; DOSE OPTIMIZATION; DOSE-VOLUME HISTOGRAMS; INTENSITY MODULATIONS; INTENSITY MODULATORS; MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS;

MODULATION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLLIMATOR; DOSIMETRY; ETHMOID SINUS; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MODULATION; NASOPHARYNX TUMOR; PARANASAL SINUS TUMOR; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0034078005     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598989     Document Type: Article

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