Radiation transmission, leakage and beam penumbra measurements of a micro-multileaf collimator using GafChromic EBT film

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 90-98

  García Garduño, Olivia Amanda ^a   Celis, Miguel Ángel ^a   Lárraga Gutíerrez, José Manuel ^a   Moreno Jiménez, Sergio ^a   Martínez Dávalos, Arnulfo ^b   Rodríguez Villafuerte, Mercedes ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; GafChromic; IMRT; MLC penumbra; MLC transmission; mMLC

Indexed keywords

EID: 57049150104     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v9i3.2802     Document Type: Article

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