An accurate calibration method of the multileaf collimator valid for conformal and intensity modulated radiation treatments

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2631-2643

  Sastre Padro, Maria ^a   van der Heide, Uulke A ^a   Welleweerd, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; PATIENT TREATMENT;

ABSOLUTE POSITIONING ERRORS (APE); STANDARD DEVIATIONS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COLLIMATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ERROR; FILM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RADIOTHERAPY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TEST STRIP; TIME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FILM DOSIMETRY; NETHERLANDS; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 3242781030     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/49/12/011     Document Type: Article

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