Dosimetry of ultrasoft x-rays (1.5 keV AlKα) using radiochromatic films and colour scanner

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 24, 2003, Pages 4111-4124

  Cai, Zhongli ^a   Pan, Xiaoning ^a   Hunting, Darel ^a   Cloutier, Pierre ^a   Lemay, Rosalie ^a   Sanche, Léon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CALIBRATION; DENSITY (OPTICAL); DNA; DOSIMETRY; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTONS;

RADIOCHROMATIC DOSIMETRY FILMS;

X RAYS;

COBALT 60; WATER;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DOSIMETRY; FILM DOSIMETER; GAMMA RADIATION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; OPTICAL DENSITY; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION EQUIPMENT; RADIOSENSITIVITY; X RAY FILM;

COLOR; COMPUTER PERIPHERALS; FILM DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RAYS; RADIATION DOSAGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; X-RAYS;

EID: 0347597914     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/48/24/009     Document Type: Article

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