Source and detector polarization effects on radiographic film dosimetry

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 23, 2003, Pages

  Cheung, Tsang ^a   Yu, Peter K N ^a   Butson, Martin J ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Illawarra Cancer Care Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITOMETERS; DENSITY (OPTICAL); DOSIMETRY; LIGHT; POLARIZATION; THIN FILMS;

NON-POLARIZED LIGHT SOURCES;

RADIOGRAPHY;

ACCURACY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FILM DOSIMETER; OPTICAL DENSITY; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIODENSITOMETRY; RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY FILM; X RAY SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 0346752322     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/48/23/N01     Document Type: Article

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