Prospects for quantitative two-dimensional radiochromic film dosimetry for low dose-rate brachytherapy sources

Medical Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 4622-4634

  Le, Yi ^a   Ali, Imad ^b   Dempsey, James F ^c   Williamson, Jeffrey F ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Dosimetry; Low dose rate; Monte Carlo; Radiochromic film (RCF)

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETERS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ONCOLOGY; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; RADIOTHERAPY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BRACHYTHERAPY; LOW DOSE RATE; LOW DOSE RATE BRACHYTHERAPY; MEASUREMENT PRECISION; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; RADIOCHROMIC FILM; RADIOCHROMIC FILM DOSIMETRY; SUPERPOSITION MODEL;

DOSIMETRY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPUTER MODEL; CUMULATIVE DOSE SUPERPOSITION MODEL; DOSIMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOCHROMIC FILM DOSIMETRY; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 33845342556     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2390546     Document Type: Article

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