Directional dependence in film dosimetry: Radiographic and radiochromic film

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1391-1397

  Suchowerska, Natalka ^a   Hoban, Peter ^b   Butson, Martin ^c   Davison, Alastair ^a   Metcalfe, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Illawarra Cancer Care Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (OPTICAL); DOSIMETRY; RADIOGRAPHY;

RADIOCHROMIC FILMS;

MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

CHROMIUM 51;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; FILM DOSIMETER; IMAGE QUALITY; MODULATION; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOCHEMISTRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTRUM; X RAY FILM;

FILM DOSIMETRY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; X-RAY FILM;

EID: 0035022666     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/46/5/305     Document Type: Article

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