Dose response of BaFBrI: Eu2+ storage phosphor plates exposed to megavoltage photon beams

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 103-111

  Li, H Harold ^a   Gonzalez, Albin L ^b   Ji, Huaying ^c   Duggan, Dennis M ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Firelands Regional Medical Center   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed radiography; Dosimetry; Megavoltage photon beams; Phosphor storage plates

Indexed keywords

BARIUM COMPOUNDS; BROMINE COMPOUNDS; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; EUROPIUM COMPOUNDS; LIGHT EMISSION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHANTOMS; PHOSPHORS; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS; QUANTUM NOISE; RADIOACTIVITY; X RAY DETECTORS; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY; X RAYS;

COMPUTED RADIOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL UNCERTAINTY; HIGH-ENERGY BEAMS; MECHANISM OF FORMATION; MEGAVOLTAGE PHOTONS; SENSITIVE LAYERS; STORAGE PHOSPHORS; WATER EQUIVALENT;

X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; ENERGY; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; LUMINESCENCE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; STORAGE PHOSPHOR PLATE; X RAY; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; X RAY FILM;

BARIUM DERIVATIVE; BARIUM FLUOROCHLORIDE EUROPIUM; EUROPIUM; PHOSPHORUS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BARIUM COMPOUNDS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; EUROPIUM; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; PHOSPHORUS; PHOTONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; X-RAY INTENSIFYING SCREENS;

EID: 33845934654     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2400617     Document Type: Article

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