The use of radiographic film for linear accelerator stereotactic radiosurgical dosimetry

Medical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2144-2150

  Robar, J L ^a   Clark, B G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dose verification; Film dosimetry; Monte Carlo; Sensitometry; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; EMULSIFICATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHANTOMS; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY; X RAY FILMS;

DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSE VERIFICATION; EGS4 MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; FILM DOSIMETRY; LOW-ENERGY COMPONENTS; PROCESSING CONDITION; SENSITOMETRY; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; X RAY FILM;

EID: 0032727433     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598730     Document Type: Article

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