Dosimetric evaluation of partially overlapping intensity modulated beams using dynamic mini-multileaf collimation

Medical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 846-855

  Linthout, Nadine ^a   Verellen, Dirk ^a   Van Acker, Swana ^a   De Cock, Mieke ^a   Storme, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Beam intensity modulation; Dynamic multileaf collimation; Intensity modulated radiation therapy; Mini multileaf collimator; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; PHANTOMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; X RAY FILMS;

BEAM INTENSITY; DYNAMIC MULTILEAF COLLIMATION; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MATHEMATICAL ESTIMATION; MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS; PLANNING TARGET VOLUMES; THERMOLUMINESCENT DETECTORS; TREATMENT TECHNIQUES;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; COLLIMATOR; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DOSIMETRY; DYNAMIC MULTILEAF COLLIMATION; EVALUATION; FILM; PLANNING TARGET VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE; VOLUMETRY;

PERU TOMATO MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 0037573225     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1562170     Document Type: Article

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