A method to enhance spatial resolution of a 2D ion chamber array for quality control of MLC

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 63-73

  Moreno, Rogelio Díaz ^a   Venencia, Daniel ^b   Garrigo, Edgardo ^b   Pipman, Yakov ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE NEUROLOGÍA Y NEUROCIRUGÍA   (Cuba)

^b Instituto Privado de Radioterapia   (Argentina)

^c NSLIJ Health System   (United States)

Author keywords

2D detector array; Multileaf collimator; Partial volume response of detector; Quality control

Indexed keywords

EID: 81855161285     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v12i4.3456     Document Type: Article

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