Analysis of various beamlet sizes for IMRT with 6 MV photons

Medical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2432-2439

  Sohn, Jason W ^a,d   Dempsey, James F ^b   Suh, Tae S ^c   Low, Daniel A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite size pencil beam dose modeling; Intensity modulated radiation therapy; Radiochromic film; Small radiation beam; Treatment planning system

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION; PHOTONS; X RAY FILMS;

INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PENCIL BEAM; RADIATION BEAMS; RADIOCHROMIC FILM; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COLLIMATOR; ENERGY; FILM DOSIMETER; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MEASUREMENT; PHANTOM; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0141520681     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1596785     Document Type: Article

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