Evaluation of kodak EDR2 film for dose verification of intensity modulated radiation therapy delivered by a static multileaf collimator

Medical Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1687-1692

  Zhu, X R ^a   Jursinic, P A ^a   Grimm, D F ^a   Lopez, F ^a   Rownd, J J ^a   Gillin, M T ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

EDR2 film; Film dosimetry; IMRT; QA

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; IONS; PATIENT MONITORING; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY; X RAYS;

EXPERIMENTAL UNCERTAINTY; EXTERNAL BEAM THERAPY; FILM DOSIMETRY; IMRT; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; ISODOSE DISTRIBUTION; MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS; RADIOGRAPHIC FILMS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; COLLIMATOR; DOSIMETRY; FILM; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOTHERAPY; X RAY;

EID: 0036703563     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1493781     Document Type: Article

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