Measuring output factors of small fields formed by collimator jaws and multileaf collimator using plastic scintillation detectors

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 5541-5549

  Klein, David M ^a   Tailor, Ramesh C ^a   Archambault, Louis ^b   Wang, Lilie ^a   Therriault Proulx, Francois ^a,b   Beddar, A Sam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

output factors; plastic scintillation detectors; small MLC fields; small field dosimetry

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CCD CAMERAS; DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; MEDIAN FILTERS; NEUTRON DETECTORS; RADIOTHERAPY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

HIGH-ENERGY PHOTON BEAMS; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS; OUTPUT FACTORS; PERTURBATION EFFECT; PLASTIC SCINTILLATION DETECTORS; SMALL MLC FIELDS; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY;

SCINTILLATION;

EID: 77957705127     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3488981     Document Type: Article

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