Optical density changes of gafchromic MD-55 film resulting from laser light exposure at wavelengths of 671 nm and 633 nm

Medical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 245-251

  Sullivan, Paul R ^a   Hasson, Brian F ^b   Grossman, Carl H ^c   Simpson, Larry D ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gafchromic film; Laser scanners; Optical density; Polymerization; Power input

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (OPTICAL); DOSIMETRY; HELIUM NEON LASERS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; POLYMERIZATION; SCANNING; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

BEAM SPOT SIZE; DOSIMETRY MEASUREMENT; GAFCHROMIC FILMS; LASER SCANNER; LASER-BASED SYSTEMS; LIGHT-INDUCED; POWER INPUT; VARIABLE RATE;

DENSITY MEASUREMENT (OPTICAL);

ARTICLE; DENSITOMETRY; DOSE RESPONSE; OPTICAL DENSITY; POLARIZATION; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY;

EID: 0033965865     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598867     Document Type: Article

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