Verification of a rounded leaf-end MLC model used in a radiotherapy treatment planning system

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Williams, M J ^a   Metcalfe, P ^a,b  

^a Illawarra Cancer Care Centre   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG DOSAGE; ONCOLOGY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PATIENT TREATMENT; PHOTONS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

MLC MODEL; MULTILEAF COLLIMATOR (MLC) MODEL; PINNACLE COMPUTED DOSE PROFILES; RADIATION ONCOLOGY SYSTEMS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PARAMETER; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING; VALIDITY;

BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33645522882     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/4/N03     Document Type: Article

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