Radiochromic film dosimetry for clinical proton beams

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 643-651

  Vatnitsky, Stanislav M ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; FILMS; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; IRRADIATION; PARTICLE BEAMS;

PROTON BEAMS; RADIOCHROMIC FILMS;

PROTONS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAST PROTON RADIATION; FILM DOSIMETER; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EVALUATION STUDIES; FILM DOSIMETRY; HUMANS; PROTONS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; X-RAY FILM;

EID: 0031148917     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(97)00342-4     Document Type: Article

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