The Schwarzschild effect of the dosimetry film Kodak EDR 2

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 21, 2005, Pages

  Djouguela, A ^a   Kollhoff, R ^a   Rubach, A ^a   Harder, D ^b   Poppe, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (OPTICAL); RADIATION EFFECTS;

DOSE RATES; DOSIMETRY FILMS; RECIPROCITY LAWS; SCHWARZSCHILD EFFECT;

DOSIMETRY;

ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; FILM DOSIMETER; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CALIBRATION; DENSITOMETRY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FILM DOSIMETRY; HUMANS; IONS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 27144544076     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 00319155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/50/21/N04     Document Type: Article

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