Electromagnetic real-time tumor position monitoring and dynamic multileaf collimator tracking using a siemens 160 MLC: Geometric and dosimetric accuracy of an integrated system

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 579-587

  Krauss, Andreas ^a   Nill, Simeon ^a   Tacke, Martin ^a   Oelfke, Uwe ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiotherapy; Dynamic multileaf collimator; Electromagnetic tracking; Intrafractional motion; Real time

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIOTHERAPY; DYNAMIC MULTILEAF COLLIMATOR; ELECTROMAGNETIC TRACKING; INTRAFRACTIONAL MOTION; REAL-TIME;

DOSIMETRY; ELECTROMAGNETISM; INTEGRATED CONTROL; INTEGRATED OPTICS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIOTHERAPY; TRACKING (POSITION); TUMORS;

TARGET TRACKING;

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; FILM DOSIMETER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIDUCIAL MARKERS; FILM DOSIMETRY; MOVEMENT; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED;

EID: 78650849222     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.03.043     Document Type: Article

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