The use of improved radiochromic film for in vivo quality assurance of high dose rate brachytherapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 7 I, 1998, Pages 1217-1221

  Pai, Sujatha ^a   Reinstein, Lawrence E ^a   Gluckman, Gary ^a   Xu, Zhigang ^a   Weiss, Tamara ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; GAFChromic dosimetry; HDR 192Ir source; In vivo dosimetry

Indexed keywords

APPLICATORS; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DENSITY (OPTICAL); DENSITY MEASUREMENT (OPTICAL); DOSIMETRY; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; ONCOLOGY; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

BRACHYTHERAPY; DENSITY CORRECTION; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; HDR^192IR SOURCE; HIGH-DOSE RATE BRACHYTHERAPY; IN-VIVO; REPRODUCIBILITIES; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

IRIDIUM 192;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; DENSITOMETRY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; FILM; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; VAGINA;

EID: 0043161080     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598311     Document Type: Article

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