Comparison of three high-resolution digitizers for radiochromic film dosimetry

Medical Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1839-1846

  Gluckman, G R ^a   Reinstein, L E ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Densitometer; Digitizer; Film; MD 55; Moir ; Radiochromic film dosimetry

Indexed keywords

DENSITOMETERS; DENSITY (OPTICAL); DENSITY MEASUREMENT (OPTICAL); FILMS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SCANNING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ABSORPTION PEAKS; DIGITIZERS; FLUORESCENT LIGHT SOURCES; HE NE LASER LIGHT; HIGH RESOLUTION; LINEAR ARRAY DETECTORS; RADIOCHROMIC FILM DOSIMETRY; RADIOGRAPHIC FILMS;

DOSIMETRY;

HELIUM; NEON;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; FILM DOSIMETER; LASER; LIGHT; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 0036703585     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1485056     Document Type: Article

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