GafChromic MD-55: Investigated as a precision dosimeter

Medical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1924-1934

  Klassen, Norman V ^a   Van Der Zwan, Len ^a   Cygler, Joanna ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA REGIONAL CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

GafChromic MD 55; Ionizing radiation dosimetry; Polarized light; Radiochromic film

Indexed keywords

GAMMA RAYS; IONIZING RADIATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; RADIATION SHIELDING; THIN FILMS;

ABSORBANCES; ABSORBED DOSE; BLUE COLORS; GAFCHROMIC MD-55; IRRADIATION METHODS; MYLAR FILM; RADIOCHROMIC FILM; THIN FILM DOSIMETERS;

DOSIMETERS;

COBALT 60;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA IRRADIATION; IONIZING RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE;

EID: 0031466420     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598106     Document Type: Article

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