Impact of MLC leaf position errors on simple and complex IMRT plans for head and neck cancer

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 77-88

  Mu, G ^a   Ludlum, E ^a   Xia, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DOSIMETRY; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; RADIOTHERAPY;

HEAD AND NECK CANCER; MULTI LEAF COLLIMATOR (MLC);

ONCOLOGY;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; DOSIMETRY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PAROTID GLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RANDOMIZATION; SYSTEMATIC ERROR;

BIOPHYSICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 38049001015     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/1/005     Document Type: Article

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