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[[Image:MLCShape.svg|thumb|''MLC shape of an X-MLCs'']]

A '''multileaf collimator''' ('''MLC''') is a device made up of individual '"leaves'" of a high atomic numbered material, usually [[tungsten]], that can move independently in and out of the path of a [[particle beam]] in order to block it.

MLCs are used on [[linear accelerator]]s to provide conformal shaping of [[radiotherapy]] treatment beams. Specifically, conformal radiotherapy and [[Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy]] (IMRT) can be delivered using MLC’s.