Physica Medica: European Journal of Medical Physics
Volume 28, Issue 1 , Pages 1-6 , January 2012

A 4-bank multileaf collimator provides a decomposition advantage for delivering intensity-modulated beams by step-and-shoot

Received 12 May 2011 ,Revised 10 August 2011 ,Accepted 24 August 2011.

  • Image Result

    The mean number of components and the mean number of MUs required and the mean efficiency as a function of M via decomposition methods (i) [blue, black and red lines respectively] and (ii) [maroon,

    The mean number of components and the mean number of MUs required and the mean efficiency as a function of M via decomposition methods (i) [blue, black and red lines respectively] and (ii) [maroon, green and yellow lines respectively] when N = 3 and NM = 104 (complete search).

  • Image Result
    The mean number of components and the mean number of MUs required and the mean efficiency as a function of M via decomposition method (iii) [blue, black and red lines respectively] when N = 3 and N

    The mean number of components and the mean number of MUs required and the mean efficiency as a function of M via decomposition method (iii) [blue, black and red lines respectively] when N = 3 and NM = 104 (complete search).

  • Image Result
    The mean number of components and the mean number of MUs required and the mean efficiency as a function of M via decomposition methods (i) [blue, black and red lines respectively] and (ii) [maroon,

    The mean number of components and the mean number of MUs required and the mean efficiency as a function of M via decomposition methods (i) [blue, black and red lines respectively] and (ii) [maroon, green and yellow lines respectively] when N = 6 and NM = 600 (Monte Carlo search and second-stage tweaking).

  • Image Result
    The mean number of components and the mean number of MUs required and the mean efficiency as a function of M via decomposition method (iii) [blue, black and red lines respectively] when N = 6 and N

    The mean number of components and the mean number of MUs required and the mean efficiency as a function of M via decomposition method (iii) [blue, black and red lines respectively] when N = 6 and NM = 600 (Monte Carlo search and second-stage tweaking).

PII: S1120-1797(11)00121-9

doi: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2011.08.003

Physica Medica: European Journal of Medical Physics
Volume 28, Issue 1 , Pages 1-6 , January 2012