The helical tomotherapy thread effect

Medical Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1414-1423

  Kissick, M W ^a   Fenwick, J ^a   James, J A ^a   Jeraj, R ^a,b   Kapatoes, J M ^b   Keller, H ^c   Mackie, T R ^a   Olivera, G ^b   Soisson, E T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b TOMOTHERAPY INC   (United States)

^c PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dose uniformity; Helical; Thread; Tomotherapy

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS;

AXIS OF ROTATION; BENCHMARK MEASUREMENTS; DOSE UNIFORMITY; HELICAL; HELICAL TOMOTHERAPY; INTENSITY MODULATIONS; THREAD; TOMOTHERAPY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; HELICAL TOMOTHERAPY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION SCATTERING; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 17144412531     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1896453     Document Type: Article

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