Surface dose extrapolation measurements with radiographic film

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 13, 2004, Pages

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

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Illawarra Cancer Care Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DENSITY (OPTICAL); DOSIMETRY; EXTRAPOLATION; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; X RAYS;

ELECTRON CONTAMINATION; RADIOGRAPHIC FILMS;

RADIOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON; IONIZATION CHAMBER; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOTHERAPY; X RAY; X RAY FILM;

EID: 3442884321     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/49/13/N03     Document Type: Article

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