A modified method of planning and delivery for dynamic multileaf collimator intensity-modulated radiation therapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 241-245

  Dogan, Nesrin ^a   Leybovich, Leonid B ^a   Sethi, Anil ^a   Krasin, Matthew ^a   Emami, Bahman ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abutment regions; Dose nonuniformity; Field matching; Intensity modulated radiation therapy; Tomotherapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOTHERAPY; TECHNIQUE; TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHYSICS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL;

EID: 0034176160     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(99)00557-X     Document Type: Article

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