Impact of multileaf collimator leaf positioning accuracy on intensity modulation radiation therapy quality assurance ion chamber measurements

Medical Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1440-1445

  Woo, M K ^a,b   Nico, A ^a  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Intensity modulated radiation therapy; Multileaf collimator; Quality assurance; Treatment verification

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; IONS; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIOTHERAPY;

BEAM CONFIGURATION; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTENSITY MODULATION RADIATION THERAPIES; IONIZATION SIGNALS; MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS; POSITIONING ACCURACY; TREATMENT VERIFICATION;

MODULATION;

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; DOSIMETRY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 18844441645     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1901843     Document Type: Article

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