The effect of gantry and collimator angles on leaf limited velocity and position in dynamic multileaf collimator intensity-modulated radiation therapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3101-3113

  Okumura, M ^a,b   Obata, Y ^c   Shimomura, K ^b   Tamura, M ^d   Nishimura, Y ^d  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KINDAI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTANT ACCELERATION; DYNAMIC MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS; GANTRY ANGLES; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LEAF POSITION; LOG FILE; MEASUREMENT METHODS; MOTION CONTROLLER; MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS;

OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VELOCITY;

OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; METHODOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TIME;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77952352361     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/11/008     Document Type: Article

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