Using the volumetric effect of a finite-sized detector for routine quality assurance of multileaf collimator leaf positioning

Medical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 433-441

  Yang, Yong ^a   Xing, Lei ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose measurement; IMRT; Multileaf collimator; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; ERRORS; LOCATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

CONVENTIONAL TREATMENTS; DOSE MEASUREMENT; IMRT; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS; POSITIONING ACCURACY; RADIOGRAPHIC FILMS; SENSITIVE STRUCTURE;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; DOSIMETRY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MULTILEAF COLLIMATOR; POSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIOTHERAPY; TECHNIQUE; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 0037342156     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1543150     Document Type: Article

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