PMID: 2106614Jan 1, 1990Paper

Dynamic wedge field techniques through computer-controlled collimator motion and dose delivery

Medical Physics
D D LeavittW L Lee

Abstract

Clinical treatment planning situations arise which require different wedge angles within segments of a single therapeutic x-ray field. Idealized wedge-shaped dose distributions, including combination of several wedge segments of different angle within a single field, are generated and delivered through computer control of asymmetric collimator motion and dose per field segment. A dual-pass technique is introduced to provide improved adherence to the prescribed isodose distribution. Dynamic wedge distributions are verified by film densitometry and ionization chamber measurement. These results suggest the potential importance of this technique as an added clinical radiotherapy tool.

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