Requirements for leaf position accuracy for dynamic multileaf collimation

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1211-1227

  Budgell, G J ^a   Mott, J H L ^a   Williams, P C ^a   Brown, K J ^b  

^a CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Elekta AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST; CALIBRATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COLLIMATOR; CONTROL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; QUALITY CONTROL; VELOCITY;

ALGORITHMS; BIOPHYSICS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL;

EID: 0034083357     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/45/5/310     Document Type: Article

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