Quantification of the fluence error in the motion-compensated dynamic MLC (DMLC) technique for delivering intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT)

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  Webb, S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; RADIOTHERAPY;

DYNAMIC MULTILEAF COLLIMATOR (DMLC); INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY (IMRT); SYSTEM LATENCY;

MOTION COMPENSATION;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CALCULATION; COLLIMATOR; DYNAMIC MULTILEAF COLLIMATOR; DYNAMICS; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LATENT PERIOD; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 33645274964     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/7/L01     Document Type: Article

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