Measurement of off-axis and peripheral skin dose using radiochromic film

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2647-2650

  Butson, Martin J ^a,b,c   Yu, Peter K N ^a   Metcalfe, Peter E ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Illawarra Cancer Care Centre   (Australia)

^c Department of Medical Physics ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DOSIMETRY; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DOSE; SKIN ABSORPTION;

BIOPHYSICS; FILM DOSIMETRY; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SKIN; X-RAY FILM;

EID: 0031669679     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/43/9/015     Document Type: Article

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