Characterization of a mini-multileaf collimator in a proton beamline

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1886-1894

  Daartz, J ^a   Bangert, M ^b   Bussire M R ^a   Engelsman, M ^a   Kooy, H M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Multileaf collimator; Proton therapy

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DOSIMETRY; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS;

CENTRAL AXIS; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; GENERAL HOSPITALS; MASSACHUSETTS; MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS; PROTON THERAPY; REGULATORY LIMIT; TWO-DIMENSIONAL DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS;

BRASS;

TUNGSTEN;

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; DOSIMETRY; EVALUATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRRADIATION; MINI MULTILEAF COLLIMATOR; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

EID: 65449150899     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3116382     Document Type: Article

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