Validation of a precision rediochromic film dosimetry system for quantitative two-dimensional imaging of acute exposure dose distributions

Medical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 2462-2475

  Dempsey, J F ^a   Low, D A ^a   Mutic, S ^a   Markman, J ^a   Kirov, A S ^a   Nussbaum, G H ^a   Williamson, J F ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy dosimetry; Conformal therapy dosimetry; GafChromic film model MD 55; HDR remote afterloading system; IMRT; Monte Carlo photon transport simulation; Radiochromic film dosimetry

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DENSITOMETERS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ONCOLOGY; PIXELS; RADIOTHERAPY; SCANNING; STATISTICS; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CONFORMAL THERAPY; GAFCHROMIC FILMS; HDR REMOTE AFTERLOADING SYSTEM; IMRT; PHOTON TRANSPORT; RADIOCHROMIC FILM DOSIMETRY;

DOSIMETRY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FILM DOSIMETER; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; VALIDATION PROCESS; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY; X RAY FILM;

BRACHYTHERAPY; FILM DOSIMETRY; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; X-RAY FILM;

EID: 0033626411     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1290488     Document Type: Article

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