A multileaf collimator phantom for the quality assurance of radiation therapy planning systems and CT simulators

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 994-1001

  McNiven, Andrea ^a,c   Kron, Tomas ^a,b   Dyk, Jake Van ^a,b  

^a Medical Biophysics ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c LONDON REGIONAL CANCER PROGRAM   (Canada)

Author keywords

Image display; Multileaf collimator; Quality assurance; Radiation treatment planning system; Radiotherapy phantom

Indexed keywords

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SIMULATORS; DOSE DISTRIBUTION; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY (IMRT); MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS (MLC);

CONFORMATIONS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SIMULATORS; TOMOGRAPHY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY POSITION; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; ROTATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 4744368704     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2004.06.013     Document Type: Article

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