Application of Gafchromic® film in the dosimetry of an intravascular brachytherapy source

Medical Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2519-2524

  Song, Haijun ^a   Roa, D Eduardo ^a   Yue, Ning ^a   D'Errico, Francesco ^a   Chen, Zhe ^a   Nath, Ravinder ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Checkmate intravascular brachytherapy system; Gafchromic ; Ir 192; IVB; MD 55 2; Microdosimetry; Radiochromic

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY;

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; INTRAVASCULAR BRACHYTHERAPY; MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY; MICRO-DOSIMETRY; RADIOCHROMIC; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; DEVICE; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; FILM; INTRAVASCULAR BRACHYTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; MICRODOSIMETRY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD VESSEL; CALIBRATION; FILM DOSIMETER; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOMETRY; X RAY FILM;

IRIDIUM;

BLOOD VESSELS; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALIBRATION; FILM DOSIMETRY; HUMANS; IRIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; X-RAY FILM;

EID: 33745659222     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2208930     Document Type: Article

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