International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 74, Issue 3 , Pages 859-867 , 1 July 2009

First Demonstration of Combined kV/MV Image-Guided Real-Time Dynamic Multileaf-Collimator Target Tracking

  • Byungchul Cho, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University, 875 Blake Wilbur Drive, Stanford, CA94305-5847. Tel: (650) 498-5878; Fax: (650) 498-5008
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  • Per R. Poulsen, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
    • Department of Medical Physics, Department of Oncology, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
    • ,
  • Alex Sloutsky, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Varian Medical Systems, Palo Alto, CA
    • ,
  • Amit Sawant, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
    • ,
  • Paul J. Keall, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

Received 30 September 2008 ,Revised 28 January 2009 ,Accepted 7 February 2009.

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 Conflicts of interest: Per R. Poulsen has financial support from Varian Medical Systems, Alex Sloutsky is an employee of Varian Medical Systems, and Paul J. Keall has financial support from the National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute (Grant Nos. P01CA116602 and R01CA93626) and Varian Medical Systems.

PII: S0360-3016(09)00250-8

doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.02.012

International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 74, Issue 3 , Pages 859-867 , 1 July 2009

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