GAFChromic film dosimetry with a flatbed color scanner for Leksell Gamma Knife therapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1243-1248

  Yamauchi, M ^a   Tominaga, T ^a   Nakamura, O ^a   Ueda, R ^b   Hoshi, M ^c  

^a HIROSHIMA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Fukuoka Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; PIXELS; SCANNING;

COLOR SCANNERS; COMPOUND MATERIAL; DENSITY EFFECTS; DOSE PLANNING; GAFCHROMIC FILMS; RADIATION DOSIMETERS; RED , GREEN AND BLUES; RESPONSE CURVES;

DOSIMETRY;

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; DOSIMETRY; FILM DOSIMETER; GAMMA KNIFE; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 2442701589     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1712393     Document Type: Article

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