A multi-institution evaluation of MLC log files and performance in IMRT delivery

Radiation Oncology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Kerns, James R ^a,b   Childress, Nathan ^c   Kry, Stephen F ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c Mobius Medical Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynalogs; MLC; MLC error; RMS error; Tolerance levels

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MULTILEAF COLLIMATOR; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOTHERAPY; VOLUMETRIC MODULATED ARC TREATMENT; ALGORITHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVICES; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION STUDY; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED;

EID: 84908222045     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1748717X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-717X-9-176     Document Type: Article

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