Practical and dosimetric implications of a new type of packaging for radiographic film

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2005, Pages

  Gillis, S ^a   De Wagter, C ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR; DENSITY (OPTICAL); DOSIMETRY; ONCOLOGY; PAPER; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITOMETERS; THIN FILMS;

DOSIMETRIC RESPONSE; LIGHT-TIGHT PACKAGES; ONCOLOGY FILMS; RADIOGRAPHIC FILMS;

PACKAGING MACHINES;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; IRRADIATION; MEASUREMENT; PACKAGING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE; VACUUM; X RAY FILM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; FILM DOSIMETER; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION RESPONSE; VALIDATION STUDY;

COLOR; OPTICAL DENSITY; PACKAGING MATERIALS; PAPER; RADIOGRAPHY; THIN FILMS;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FILM DOSIMETRY; PRODUCT PACKAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE;

EID: 22844446058     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/50/8/N01     Document Type: Article

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