Lateral loss and dose discrepancies of multileaf collimator segments in intensity modulated radiation therapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2959-2968

  Cheng, Chee W ^a   Das, Indra J ^b   Huq, M Saiful ^c  

^a Arizona Oncology Associates   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

IMRT; Lateral disequilibrium; MLC; Output factors

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; X RAYS;

ASYMMETRIC COLLIMATORS; IMRT; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LATERAL DISEQUILIBRIUM; MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS; NONEQUILIBRIUM CONDITIONS; OUTPUT FACTORS; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; COLLIMATOR; ENERGY TRANSFER; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0345256653     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1619230     Document Type: Article

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