Dosimetry of high energy photon and electron beams with CEA films

Medical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1225-1232

  Cheng, Chee Wai ^a   Das, Indra J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

characteristic curve; electron dosimetry; film dosimetry; photon dosimetry

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (OPTICAL); DENSITY MEASUREMENT (OPTICAL); DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRONS; GAMMA RAYS; PHOTONS;

BREMSSTRAHLUNG X-RAYS; CHARACTERISTIC CURVE; EXPERIMENTAL UNCERTAINTY; FILM DOSIMETRY; HIGH ENERGY PHOTONS; INCIDENT RADIATION; PARALLEL ORIENTATION; PERPENDICULAR ORIENTATION;

OPTICAL FILMS;

ARTICLE; FILM; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE; X RAY;

EID: 0029999604     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597865     Document Type: Article

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