Commissioning of mini-multi-leaf-collimator (MMLC) for stereotactic radiosurgery and radiotherapy

Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 21-31

  Mardirossian, George ^a   Urie, Marcia ^b   Fitzgerald, Thomas J ^b   Mayr, Nina ^b   Montebello, Joseph ^b   Lo, Yuan Chynan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Miniature multileaf collimator; Radiation measurement; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; RADIOGRAPHY; X RAYS;

STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY (SRS);

RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 0038030868     PISSN: 08953996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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