Spatial dependence of MLC transmission in IMRT delivery

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 5985-5999

  Lorenz, Friedlieb ^a   Nalichowski, Adrian ^b   Rosca, Florin ^b   Kung, Jong ^c   Wenz, Frederik ^a   Zygmanski, Piotr ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETERS; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; THIN FILMS;

IMRT DELIVERY; MLC TRANSMISSION; MULTILEAF COLLIMATOR (MLC); SPATIAL DEPENDENCE;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; DOSIMETRY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; X RAY FILM;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34748889993     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/19/018     Document Type: Article

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