An application of GafChromic MD-55 film for 67.5 MeV clinical proton beam dosimetry

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2735-2745

  Daftari, Inder ^a,b,c   Castenadas, Carlos ^b   Petti, Paula L ^a,b,c   Singh, Rajinder P ^c   Verhey, Lynn J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; FILM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE; X RAY FILM;

CYCLOTRONS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; X-RAY FILM;

EID: 0032726570     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/44/11/304     Document Type: Article

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