Dose measurement based on spectral chi-square minimization using GAFchromic MD-55 film

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1851-1861

  Chan, Gordon H ^a   Prestwich, W V ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT 60; PHOSPHORUS 32;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON; GAMMA RADIATION; MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; STATISTICS;

BETA RAYS; CALIBRATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FILM DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RAYS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHOSPHORUS RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 0033930191     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/45/7/310     Document Type: Article

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