Medical Dosimetry
Volume 22, Issue 3 , Pages 167-170, Autumn 1997

Dynamic collimator and dose rate control: Enabling technology for Enhanced Dynamic Wedge

  • Dennis D. Leavitt, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Dennis Leavitt, Ph.D., Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84132.
    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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  • Calvin Huntzinger, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Varian Oncology Systems, Palo Alto, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Thanos Etmektzoglou, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Varian Oncology Systems, Palo Alto, CA, USA

Abstract 

The key features that make dynamic dose delivery possible in the Enhanced Dynamic Wedge application are computerized position and control of the independent collimating jaws and computerized dynamic control of the linear accelerator dose rate. These features will be deseribed and related to the current implementation of Enhanced Dynamic Wedge.

Keywords:  Enhanced dynamic wedge, Conformal therapy

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PII: S0958-3947(97)00013-7

Medical Dosimetry
Volume 22, Issue 3 , Pages 167-170, Autumn 1997

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