Dosimetric characteristics of the Elekta Beam Modulator™

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 23, 2005, Pages 5479-5492

  Patel, I ^a   Glendinning, A G ^a   Kirby, M C ^a  

^a ROYAL PRESTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; ONCOLOGY; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS;

ELEKTA ONCOLOGY SYSTEMS (CO); MULTI-LEAF COLLIMATOR (MLC);

LIGHT MODULATORS;

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; DEVICE; DOSIMETRY; FILM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FILM DOSIMETRY; HUMANS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; X-RAYS;

EID: 28644448737     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/50/23/004     Document Type: Article

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