Dosimetry characteristics of GAFCHROMIC® EBT film responding to therapeutic electron beams

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1187-1192

  Su, Fan Chi ^a,b   Liu, Yaxi ^b   Stathakis, Sotirios ^a,b   Shi, Chengyu ^a,b   Esquivel, Carlos ^a,b   Papanikolaou, Niko ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron beams; GAFCHROMIC EBT; Radiation dosimetry; Radiochromic film

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON BEAMS; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; THIN FILMS;

HIGH ENERGY ELECTRON BEAMS; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; RADIOCHROMIC FILMS; TWO DIMENSIONAL (2D) MEASUREMENTS;

DOSIMETRY;

ARTICLE; DEVICE; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTRON BEAM; ELECTRON THERAPY; FILM DOSIMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION ENERGY;

ELECTRONS; FILM DOSIMETRY; RADIOMETRY;

EID: 34548230379     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2007.05.005     Document Type: Article

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