An approach to 3D dose mapping using gafchromic® film

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 115, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 616-622

  Gueli, Anna M ^a,b   De Vincolis, R ^a   Kacperek, A ^c   Troja, S O ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI CATANIA   (Italy)

^c CLATTERBRIDGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA ANALYSIS; FILM DOSIMETER; MICRODENSITOMETRY; OPTICAL DENSITY; PHANTOM; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; BODY BURDEN; FILM DOSIMETRY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 30844433730     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci255     Document Type: Article

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