Clinical significance of multi-leaf collimator positional errors for volumetric modulated arc therapy

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 554-560

  Oliver, Mike ^a,b   Gagne, Isabelle ^a   Bush, Karl ^a   Zavgorodni, Sergei ^a   Ansbacher, Will ^a   Beckham, Wayne ^a  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^b SUDBURY REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; IMRT; MLC errors; Multi leaf collimators; Volumetric modulated arc therapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RANDOM ERROR; SIMULATION; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; VOLUMETRIC MODULATED ARC THERAPY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED;

EID: 78651512733     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2010.06.013     Document Type: Article

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