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Automated Microbial Cultivation and Adaptive Evolution using Microbial Microdroplet Culture System (MMC)
Published on: February 18, 2022
Virtual micro MLC commissioning
1Medical Physics Department, Allan Blair Cancer Centre, Regina, Saskatchewan, S4S 1V4, Canada.
Abstract:
The resolution of multileaf collimators (MLCs) is limited by their finite leaf width. A commercial package (HD-270) uses 3D couch translation and leaf adjustments to emulate smaller leaf widths. In this paper, we report on the commissioning of this feature using software testing, dial gauge measurements, and film dosimetry. We also identify a variety of limitations: software bugs and truncation artifacts, MLC leaf positioning uncertainties (random variations, systematic gantry dependence and backlash), and uncertainties in couch positioning. These reduce the capabilities of this implementation below that achievable theoretically.

