Measuring dose distributions for enhanced dynamic wedges using a multichamber detector array

Medical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1515-1519

  Liu, H Helen ^a   Lief, Eugene P ^a   McCullough, Edwin C ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Chamber detector array; Enhanced dynamic wedge; Radiographic films

Indexed keywords

DETECTOR ARRAYS; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSE MEASUREMENT; ENHANCED DYNAMIC WEDGES; MEASUREMENT PARAMETERS; RADIOGRAPHIC FILMS; SINGLE CHAMBERS; TECHNICAL ASPECTS;

X RAY FILMS;

ACCURACY; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION FIELD;

EID: 0030823126     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598040     Document Type: Article

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