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Monitor Unit

Known as: MU 
A unit of measure of ionization in a linear accelerator treatment beam within the treatment head.
National Institutes of Health

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2008
2008
Evaluating the influence of the Siemens IGRT carbon fibre tabletop in head and neck IMRT.
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Experimental validation of the Eclipse AAA algorithm
The present study evaluates the performance of a newly released photon‐beam dose calculation algorithm that is incorporated into… 
2006
2006
Fast, daily linac verification for segmented IMRT using electronic portal imaging.
2003
2003
Comparison of dose calculated by an intensity modulated radiotherapy treatment planning system and an independent monitor unit verification program
A comparison of isocenter dose calculated by a commercial intensity modulated radiation therapy treatment planning system and… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Modeling photon output caused by backscattered radiation into the monitor chamber from collimator jaws using a Monte Carlo technique.
Dose per monitor unit in photon fields generated by clinical linear accelerators can be affected by the backscattered radiation… 
2000
2000
Implementation of enhanced dynamic wedge in the focus rtp system.
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
In vivo dosimetry during conformal therapy of prostatic cancer.
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Application of the convolution method for calculation of output factors for therapy photon beams.
The output factor for a therapy photon beam is defined as the dose per monitor unit relative to the dose per monitor unit in a… 
1992
1992
Dosimetric accuracy at low monitor unit settings.
I read with interest the article by Das et al (1991) and appreciate the authors' concern over the accuracy of dosimetry systems… 
1991
1991
Dosimetric accuracy at low monitor unit settings.
Dosimetric accuracies at low monitor units are evaluated for linear accelerators from various manufacturers. A large error is… 
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