Dosimetry of a prototype retractable eMLC for fixed-beam electron therapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 443-462

  Hogstrom, Kenneth R ^a   Boyd, Robert A ^a   Antolak, John A ^a   Svatos, Michelle M ^b   Faddegon, Bruce A ^c   Rosenman, Julian G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron beam dosimetry; Electron collimation; Multileaf collimator

Indexed keywords

APPLICATORS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRONS;

DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSIMETRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRON BEAM DOSIMETRY; INTENSITY-MODULATED; MANUFACTURING TOLERANCES; MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS; PENCIL BEAM ALGORITHMS; TWO DIMENSIONAL (2 D);

PATIENT TREATMENT;

WATER;

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; COLLIMATOR; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON MULTILEAD COLLIMATOR; ELECTRON THERAPY; ERGONOMICS; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE;

EID: 1642414105     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1644516     Document Type: Article

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