Portal dosimetry using x-ray film: An experimental and computational study

Medical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2403-2409

  Zhu, Yunping ^a   Yeo, Jason Inhwan ^b  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Monte Carlo calculations; Relative portal dosimetry; X ray film

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; IONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS; X RAY FILMS;

ACCURACY AND PRECISION; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; ENERGY FLUENCES; FILM DOSIMETRY; MEASUREMENT PLANES; MONTE CARLO CALCULATION; MONTE CARLO PARTICLE TRANSPORTS; PORTAL DOSIMETRIES;

X RAYS;

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILM DOSIMETER; IONIZATION CHAMBER; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; X RAY FILM;

EID: 0032716091     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598757     Document Type: Article

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