IMRT‐application with an add‐on MMLC
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چکیده
In order to provide automatic IMRT dose delivery with an add-on MMLC a technical integration of a MMLC system with a linear accelerator was realized. The principle of this integration and the changes and enhancements of the existing hard- and software are briefly described. The system was tested by the automatic delivery of an IMRT plan designed for a head and neck phantom. A verification of dose delivery was performed with film dosimetry. The plan consisting of 78 "step and shoot" segments could be delivered within 17 minutes. A high spatial accuracy of the fluence pattern at the isocentre was reached by a resolution of 2.75x2.75 mm(2). The measured dose profiles were within 3% of the maximum dose of the calculated profiles.
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