The calibration of experimental self-developing Gafchromic® HXR film for the measurement of radiation dose in computed tomography

Medical Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1010-1016

  Gorny, K R ^a   Leitzen, S L ^a   Bruesewitz, M R ^a   Kofler, J M ^a   Hangiandreou, N J ^a   McCollough, C H ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; SCANNING; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY TUBES; X RAYS;

BEAM CHARACTERISTICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; MULTIPLE MEASUREMENTS; RESPONSE MEASUREMENT; SIMULTANEOUS IRRADIATION; SPATIAL UNIFORMITY; STANDARD DEVIATION; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DEVICE; EXPOSURE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IONIZING RADIATION; IRRADIATION; MEASUREMENT; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; X RAY FILM;

EID: 17844396202     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1862802     Document Type: Article

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