A novel method of radiochromic film dosimetry using a color scanner

Medical Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 4085-4094

  Hupe, Oliver ^a   Brunzendorf, Jens ^a  

^a PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Calibration; Dosimetry; EBT; Film digitization; Film dosimetry; Film scanners; GAFChromic; Homogeneity; HS; MD55; Quality assurance; Quality control; Radiochromic; Signal to noise ratio

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; COLOR; DOSIMETRY; FUNCTION EVALUATION; IONIZING RADIATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SCANNING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

BRACHYTHERAPY; FILM DOSIMETRY; FILM SCANNERS; GAFCHROMIC; HOMOGENEITY; MD55; RADIOCHROMIC;

QUALITY CONTROL;

ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIGITAL IMAGING; DOSIMETRY; FILM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IONIZING RADIATION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOCHROMATOGRAPHY; RADIODENSITOMETRY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 33750542323     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2357019     Document Type: Article

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