Asymmetric fan beams (AFB) for improvement of the craniocaudal dose distribution in helical tomotherapy delivery

Medical Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2443-2448

  Gladwish, Adam ^a   Kron, Tomas ^a   McNiven, Andrea ^a   Bauman, Glenn ^a   Van Dyk, Jake ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asymmetric jaws; Penumbra; Radiotherapy; Tomotherapy

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC JAWS; BEAM TRAJECTORIES; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; HELICAL TOMOTHERAPY; INTENSITY-MODULATED; PENUMBRA; TOMOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; ASYMMETRIC FAN BEAM; COLLIMATOR; DEVICE; FAN BEAM THICKNESS; HELICAL TOMOTHERAPY; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 4644320291     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1776671     Document Type: Article

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