Dosimetric accuracy of Kodak EDR2 film for IMRT verifications

Medical Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 539-548

  Childress, Nathan L ^a   Salehpour, Mohammad ^a   Dong, Lei ^a   Bloch, Charles ^a   White, R Allen ^a   Rosen, Isaac I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Film dosimetry; IMRT treatment plan verification; Quality assurance; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; IONS; MOLAR RATIO; PHANTOMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIOTHERAPY; SILVER HALIDES;

ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; FILM DOSIMETRY; INTERMITTENCY EFFECTS; PLAN VERIFICATIONS; REPEATED MEASUREMENTS; STANDARD DEVIATION; TRANSVERSE PLANES; TREATMENT PLANS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BROMINE; SILVER;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; COLLIMATOR; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOSIMETRY; FILM DOSIMETER; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; OPTICAL DENSITY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; REPRODUCIBILITY; TREATMENT PLANNING; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 14644419015     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1852791     Document Type: Article

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