MLC dosimetric characteristics for small field and IMRT applications

Medical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2545-2552

  Bayouth, J E ^a   Morrill, S M ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Double focused; Leakage; Multileaf collimator; Penumbra; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ABUTMENTS (BRIDGE); BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; LEAKAGE (FLUID); RADIOTHERAPY; TRANSMISSIONS;

DOUBLE-FOCUSED; HORIZONTAL PROFILE; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LEAF POSITION; MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS; PENUMBRA; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; VERTICAL PROFILE;

DOSIMETRY;

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; FILM; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MEASUREMENT; MULTILEAF COLLIMATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0141855366     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1603743     Document Type: Article

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