Manual multi-leaf collimator for electron beam shaping - A feasibility study

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 24, 2002, Pages 4389-4396

  Ravindran, B Paul ^a   Singh, I Rabi Raja ^a   Brindha, S ^a   Sathyan, S ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOYS; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAMS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS;

DEPTH DOSE VALUES;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ALLOY; LEAD;

COLLIMATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON BEAM; ELECTRON THERAPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FILM DOSIMETER; HUMAN; MELTING POINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION APPLICATOR; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; REVIEW;

ALLOYS; ARTIFACTS; ELECTRONS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FILM DOSIMETRY; HUMANS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 0037153877     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/47/24/306     Document Type: Review

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