Field size consistency of nominally matched linacs

Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 289-297

  Kairn, T ^a,b   Asena, A ^b   Charles, P H ^b,c   Hill, B ^a   Langton, C M ^b   Middlebrook, N D ^a   Moylan, R ^d   Trapp, J V ^b  

^a Genesis Cancer Care Queensland   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d Genesis Cancer Care Newcastle   (Australia)

Author keywords

Linear accelerator; Multi leaf collimator; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

RADIOTHERAPY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

COLLIMATION SYSTEM; COMMISSIONING PROCESS; MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS; RADIOCHROMIC FILM; RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT PLANNING; REPRODUCIBILITIES; TREATMENT PLANNING; VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS;

LINEAR ACCELERATORS;

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR POSITIONING ACCURACY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON DIODE; FIELD SIZE CONSISTENCY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MULTILEAF COLLIMATOR; POSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION FIELD; RADIOCHROMIC FILM; RADIOGRAPHY DEVICE; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RADIOTHERAPY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TREATMENT PLANNING; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; DEVICES; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT;

PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84943359817     PISSN: 01589938     EISSN: 18795447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13246-015-0349-2     Document Type: Article

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