Design and Performance of a Multileaf Collimator for Proton Therapy
| Autor: | Ainsley, C, Avery, S, Diffenderfer, E, Dolney, D, Lin, L, McDonough, J, Metz, J, Scheuermann, R, Tochner, ZA |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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| Zdroj: | PTCOG 48; Meeting of the Particle Therapy Co-Operative Group; 20090928-20091003; Heidelberg; DOC09ptcog002 /20090924/ |
| DOI: | 10.3205/09ptcog002 |
| Popis: | Background: The proton facility under construction at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) has installed a multileaf collimator (MLC) in the first gantry room. The purpose of the MLC is to shape the dose transverse to the beam direction thus replacing custom-machined apertures and the need to change[for full text, please go to the a.m. URL] PTCOG 48; Meeting of the Particle Therapy Co-Operative Group |
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