Automatic feathering of split fields for step-and-shoot intensity modulated radiation therapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1133-1140

  Dogan, Nesrin ^a   Leybovich, Leonid B ^a   Sethi, Anil ^a   Emani, Bahman ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; ERROR ANALYSIS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; TUMORS;

DYNAMIC MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS (DMLC);

RADIOTHERAPY;

POLYSTYRENE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COLLIMATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MODULATION; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION FIELD; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; DOSE FRACTIONATION; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0038784427     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/48/9/304     Document Type: Article

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