Measuring the wobble of radiation field centers during gantry rotation and collimator movement on a linear accelerator

Medical Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 4575-4578

  Du, Weiliang ^a   Gao, Song ^a  

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

Author keywords

radiation isocenter; stereotactic radiosurgery; Winston Lutz; wobble

Indexed keywords

BALL BEARINGS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; LINEAR ACCELERATORS;

ISOCENTERS; MECHANICAL IMPERFECTIONS; MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; SUBMILLIMETER PRECISION; SUBPIXEL ACCURACY; WINSTON-LUTZ; WOBBLE;

ROTATION;

EID: 79961070449     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3609098     Document Type: Article

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