A clinical comparison of different film systems for radiotherapy portal imaging

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 281-284

  Foulkes, K M ^a   Ostwald, P M ^a,b   Kron, T ^a,b  

^a NEWCASTLE MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Contrast enhanced film screen systems; Portal imaging; Radiotherapy localization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTRAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EVALUATION; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; SIMULATOR; X RAY FILM;

HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; X-RAY FILM; X-RAY INTENSIFYING SCREENS;

EID: 0034749379     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-3947(01)00076-0     Document Type: Article

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