The use of radiochromic film to measure dose distributions resulting from high dose rate 192iridium single catheter treatments

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 173-181

  Skwarchuk, Mark W ^a   Ochran, Timothy G ^a   Komaki, Ritsuko ^a   Cundiff, Jackson ^a   Travis, Elizabeth L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Dose prescription; Dosimetry; Endobronchial; Hdr 192iridium; Quality assurance; Radiochromic film

Indexed keywords

COBALT 60; IRIDIUM 192;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; BRONCHUS CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; FILM; HUMAN; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOCHROMATOGRAPHY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BRACHYTHERAPY; HUMANS; IRIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; X-RAY FILM;

EID: 0030051212     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0360-3016(95)02043-8     Document Type: Article

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