Abstract:Background: In developing countries like India, cobalt-60 machines still find their applicability, considering the cost and maintenance issues. With a view to deliver conformal treatment plans using teletherapy machines, an automated Multi-Leaf Collimator (MLC) was developed for the existing machines as a retrofit attachment to the collimator assembly without any modifications to the unit.Objective: This study aims to investigate the radiation characteristics of leaf designs incorporated in two add-on prototyp… Show more
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