Measurement for the MLC leaf velocity profile by considering the leaf leakage using a radiographic film

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 17, 2006, Pages

  Chow, James C L ^a,b   Grigorov, Grigor N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c Grand River Regional Cancer Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAF LEAKAGE; LEAF VELOCITY; MULTI LEAF COLLIMATOR (MLC); SAMPLING POINT;

EDGE DETECTION; FILMS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; RADIOGRAPHY; SAMPLING; SCANNING;

VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER PROGRAM; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; MULTILEAF COLLIMATOR; PHOTON THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY; X RAY FILM;

ALGORITHMS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FILM DOSIMETRY; HUMANS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; X-RAY FILM;

EID: 33747588553     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/17/N02     Document Type: Article

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