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X-ray field compensation with multileaf collimators. 1994

T R Bortfeld, and D L Kahler, and T J Waldron, and A L Boyer

Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Forschungsschwerpunkt Radiologie (FS 5), Heidelberg, Germany.

OBJECTIVE It has been proposed that conformal therapy can be carried out with static ports that are each individually compensated to deliver an optimal total dose distribution. If this proposal is to be implemented, one must have a means of compensating or modulating the fluence distributions within the boundaries of individual treatment fields. A theory was developed and implemented to achieve this goal. METHODS The theory allowed creation of a leaf-setting sequence for a desired level of field-modulation precision. This method of beam modulation was experimentally verified using radiographic film to integrate the dose delivered by the sequence of discrete static multileaf collimator-defined subfields. RESULTS Beam profiles were generated that matched the planned beam profiles to within the specified degree of precision. CONCLUSIONS This methodology is a candidate for implementation of inverse planning for conformal therapy.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D011879	Radiotherapy Dosage	The total amount of radiation absorbed by tissues as a result of radiotherapy.	Dosage, Radiotherapy,Dosages, Radiotherapy,Radiotherapy Dosages
D011880	Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted	Computer-assisted mathematical calculations of beam angles, intensities of radiation, and duration of irradiation in radiotherapy.	Computer-Assisted Radiotherapy Planning,Dosimetry Calculations, Computer-Assisted,Planning, Computer-Assisted Radiotherapy,Calculation, Computer-Assisted Dosimetry,Calculations, Computer-Assisted Dosimetry,Computer Assisted Radiotherapy Planning,Computer-Assisted Dosimetry Calculation,Computer-Assisted Dosimetry Calculations,Dosimetry Calculation, Computer-Assisted,Dosimetry Calculations, Computer Assisted,Planning, Computer Assisted Radiotherapy,Radiotherapy Planning, Computer Assisted
D011882	Radiotherapy, High-Energy	Radiotherapy using high-energy (megavolt or higher) ionizing radiation. Types of radiation include gamma rays, produced by a radioisotope within a teletherapy unit; x-rays, electrons, protons, alpha particles (helium ions) and heavy charged ions, produced by particle acceleration; and neutrons and pi-mesons (pions), produced as secondary particles following bombardment of a target with a primary particle.	Megavolt Radiotherapy,High-Energy Radiotherapy,Radiotherapy, Megavolt,High Energy Radiotherapy,Radiotherapy, High Energy
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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