Multileaf Collimator Characteristics and Reliability Requirements for IMRT Elekta System

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2008, Pages

  Liu, Chihray ^a   Simon, Thomas A ^a   Fox, Christopher ^b   Li, Jonathan ^a   Palta, Jatinder R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Sun Nuclear Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Backup jaw; Elekta; MLC; Multileaf collimator; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIOTHERAPY;

BACKUP JAWS; MULTILEAF COLLIMATOR (MLC) SYSTEM; RELATIVE LEAF POSITIONS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COLLIMATOR; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION FIELD; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CALIBRATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MECHANICS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC;

EID: 41749099695     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.07.2392     Document Type: Article

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