The Performance of Multileaf Collimators Evaluated by the Stripe Test

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 202-206

  Sastre Padro, Maria ^a   Lervåg, Christoffer ^a   Eilertsen, Karsten ^a   Malinen, Eirik ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

IMRT; MLC; Stripe test

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRRADIATION; MULTILLEAF COLLIMATOR; PHOTON THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOTHERAPY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FILM DOSIMETRY; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 67651235892     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meddos.2008.08.005     Document Type: Article

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