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
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  • Thanos Etmektzoglou, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Varian Oncology Systems, Palo Alto, CA, USA

References 

  1. Petti PL, Siddon RL. Effective wedge angles with a universal wedge. Phys. Med. Biol. 1985;30:985–991
  2. Kijewski PK, Chin LM, Bjarngard BE. Wedge shaped dose distributions by computer-controlled collimator motion. Med. Phys. 1978;5:426–429
  3. Leavitt DD, Martin M, Moeller JH, Lee WL. Dynamic wedge field techniques through computer controlled collimator motion and dose delivery. Med. Phys. 1990;17:87–91
  4. Leavitt DD. Dynamic beam shaping. Med. Dosim. 1990;15:47–50

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

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