Design and dosimetry of a few leaf electron collimator for energy modulated electron therapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 4782-4791

  Al Yahya, Khalid ^a   Verhaegen, Frank ^b,c   Seuntjens, Jan ^b,c  

^a SAAD SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Energy modulated electron therapy; Few leaf electron collimator; Monte Carlo dosimetry

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PATIENT TREATMENT;

CLINICAL ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; ENERGY MODULATED ELECTRON THERAPY; FEW-LEAF ELECTRON COLLIMATORS; HARDWARE CHARACTERISTICS; MONTE CARLO DOSE CALCULATION; MONTE CARLO DOSIMETRY; OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS;

ELECTRONS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON THERAPY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

EID: 36649022408     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2795827     Document Type: Article

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