Model for the response of radiographic films and implications for quality assurance;Modell für das Ansprechen radiographischer Filme und Folgerungen für die Qualitätssicherung

Zeitschrift fur Medizinische Physik

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 197-204

  Schönborn, Thies ^a   Cremers, Florian ^a   Schmidt, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; film; IMRT; Monte Carlo simulation; quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BREMS RADIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OPTICAL DENSITY; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; X RAY FILM;

EID: 34547411927     PISSN: 09393889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zemedi.2007.04.005     Document Type: Article

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