Radiochromic film as a radiotherapy surface-dose detector

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1073-1078

  Butson, Martin J ^a,b   Mathur, Jagdish N ^b   Metcalfe, Peter E ^a,b  

^a Illawarra Cancer Care Centre   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOCHROMATOGRAPHY; SURFACE PROPERTY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029890948     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/41/6/011     Document Type: Article

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