Predicting optical densitometer response as a function of light source characteristics for radiochromic film dosimetry

Medical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1935-1942

  Reinstein, L E ^a   Gluckman, G R ^a   Amols, H I ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorption spectra; Densitometer; GAFChromic film; Optical density; Radiochromic film

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTRA; ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BANDPASS FILTERS; CURVE FITTING; DENSITOMETERS; DENSITY (OPTICAL); DENSITY MEASUREMENT (OPTICAL); DOSIMETRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS;

COMPARISON WITH MEASUREMENTS; GAFCHROMIC FILMS; MEASUREMENT SENSITIVITY; NARROW BANDPASS FILTERS; OPTICAL DENSITOMETERS; RADIOCHROMIC FILM; RADIOCHROMIC FILM DOSIMETRY; SOURCE CHARACTERISTICS;

OPTICAL FILMS;

ABSORPTION SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DENSITOMETRY; DOSIMETRY; LIGHT; OPTICAL DENSITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE;

EID: 0031455608     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598107     Document Type: Article

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