Film dosimetry in the peripheral region using multiple sensitometric curves

Medical Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 327-332

  Stern, Robin L ^a   Kurylo, John ^b   Siantar, Christine Hartmann ^a,b   Lehmann, Joerg ^a,b   Goldberg, Zelanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Film dosimetry; Peripheral dose; Radiation dosimetry

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; DENSITY (OPTICAL); DENSITY MEASUREMENT (OPTICAL);

FILM DOSIMETRY; FILM SENSITIVITY; LINEAR COMBINATIONS; PERIPHERAL DOSE; PERIPHERAL REGIONS; POINT OF INTEREST; RESEARCH INTERESTS; SCATTERED PHOTONS;

DOSIMETRY;

ARTICLE; ENERGY; FILM DOSIMETER; LIGHT SCATTERING; MEASLES VIRUS; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION FIELD;

EID: 1242338922     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1639126     Document Type: Article

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