Dosimetric effects of sectional adjustments of collimator angles on volumetric modulated arc therapy for irregularly-shaped targets

Beom Seok Ahn; So-Yeon Park; Jong Min Park; Chang Heon Choi; Minsoo Chun; Jung-in Kim

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0174924

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Dosimetric effects of sectional adjustments of collimator angles on volumetric modulated arc therapy for irregularly-shaped targets

Beom Seok Ahn ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Beom Seok Ahn, So-Yeon Park

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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So-Yeon Park ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Beom Seok Ahn, So-Yeon Park

Affiliations Department of Radiation Oncology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Biomedical Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Institute of Radiation Medicine, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Jong Min Park,

Affiliations Department of Radiation Oncology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Biomedical Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Institute of Radiation Medicine, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Center for Convergence Research on Robotics, Advanced Institutes of Convergence Technology, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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Chang Heon Choi,

Affiliations Department of Radiation Oncology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Biomedical Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Institute of Radiation Medicine, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Minsoo Chun,

Affiliations Department of Radiation Oncology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Biomedical Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Institute of Radiation Medicine, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Jung-in Kim

* E-mail: madangin@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Radiation Oncology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Biomedical Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Institute of Radiation Medicine, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Dosimetric effects of sectional adjustments of collimator angles on volumetric modulated arc therapy for irregularly-shaped targets

Beom Seok Ahn,
So-Yeon Park,
Jong Min Park,
Chang Heon Choi,
Minsoo Chun,
Jung-in Kim

Published: April 6, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0174924

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