A multiportal compensator system for IMRT delivery

Medical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 880-886

  Yoda, Kiyoshi ^a   Aoki, Yukimasa ^b  

^a MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Compensator; IMRT; Intensity modulation; Vacuum thermoforming

Indexed keywords

ENCLOSURES; GRANULATION; REINFORCED PLASTICS; STEPPING MOTORS; X RAY FILMS;

COMPENSATOR; FORCED COOLING; HUMAN OPERATOR; IMRT; IMRT DELIVERY; INTENSITY MODULATIONS; INTENSITY PROFILES; VACUUM FORMING;

THERMOFORMING;

ARTICLE; BIPLANAR HEATER; COOLING; DEVICE; FILM; HEATING; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; METAL EXTRACTION; MULTIPORTAL COMPENSATOR SYSTEM; PHANTOM; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOTHERAPY; ROTATION; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMOPLASTIC SHEET; VACUUM; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0038586578     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1567851     Document Type: Article

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