Independence of calibration curves for EBT Gafchromic films of the size of high-energy X-ray fields

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1027-1030

  Cheung, Tsang ^a   Butson, Martin J ^a,b   Yu, Peter K N ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Illawarra Cancer Care Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calibration; EBT; Energy dependence; Field size; Gafchromic; Radiochromic film; Radiotherapy; Scatter

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DENSITY (OPTICAL); DOSIMETRY; PHOTONS; RADIATION EFFECTS; X RAYS;

EBT; ENERGY DEPENDENCE; FIELD SIZE; GAFCHROMIC; RADIOCHROMIC FILM; SCATTER;

METALLIC FILMS;

CHROMIUM;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DOSIMETRY; ENERGY; FILM; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; X RAY;

EID: 33746373163     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2006.04.006     Document Type: Article

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