Suitability of using multileaf collimator (MLC) for photon field matching

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 184-195

  Kwok, C B ^a,b,c   Lam, G ^a   El Sayed, S ^a,b  

^a OTTAWA REGIONAL CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Independent jaw; Join up feathering; Junction dose; MLC

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; DOSIMETRY; ERROR; EVALUATION; FILM DOSIMETER; HEIGHT; LINEAR SYSTEM; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION FIELD; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CALIBRATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 8444241451     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meddos.2004.04.006     Document Type: Article

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