Calculated dose response of Gafchromic MD55 film for 103Pd and 125I relative to 60Co

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 173-179

  Prestwich, W V ^a   Murphy, R J ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DYES; GAMMA RAYS; IODINE; PALLADIUM; X RAYS;

GENERALIZED CAVITY THEORY; RADIOCHROMIC DYE FILMS;

DOSIMETRY;

EID: 0033736798     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4487(99)00264-4     Document Type: Article

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