The sliding slit test for dynamic IMRT: A useful tool for adjustment of MLC related parameters

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 563-580

  Chauvet, Ingrid ^a,b   Petitfils, A ^a   Lehobey, C ^a   Kristner, J Y ^a   Brunet, Y ^a   Lembrez, R ^a   Gaboriaud, G ^a   Mazal, A ^a   Zefkili, S ^a   Rosenwald, J C ^a  

^a INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^b Varian Medical Systems   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; DOSIMETRY; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS;

DOSIMETRIC QUALITY CONTROL (DQC); INTENSITY MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY (IMRT); MULTILEAF COLLIMATOR (MLC); SLIDING WIDTH (SW);

RADIOTHERAPY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COLLIMATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CALIBRATION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL;

EID: 20044362728     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/50/4/001     Document Type: Article

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