Collimator-Based Tracking with an Add-On Multileaf Collimator Modification of a commercial collimator system for realtime applications /

In this thesis, a tracking system was developed by modifying an add-on collimator, the Siemens Moduleaf, for realtime applications in radiotherapy. As the add-on collimator works almost completely autonomously of the linear accelerator (LinAc), no modifications to the latter were necessary. The adap...

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Κύριος συγγραφέας: Böhler, Andreas (Συγγραφέας)
Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Wiesbaden : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Έκδοση:1st ed. 2016.
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