An experimental investigation into the radiation field offset of a dynamic multileaf collimator

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 5517-5538

  Vial, Philip ^a,b   Oliver, Lyn ^a,b   Greer, Peter B ^c,d   Baldock, Clive ^b  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c NEWCASTLE MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; OPTICAL DESIGN;

INTEGRAL DOSE MEASUREMENT; LEAF POSITION OFFSET (LPO); RADIATION FIELD EDGE; RADIATION FIELD OFFSET (RFO);

RADIOTHERAPY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; DOSIMETRY; DYNAMICS; GEOMETRY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LINEAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION PHYSICS; X RAY;

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; IONS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 33751161234     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/21/009     Document Type: Article

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