Clinical application of GAFCHROMIC® EBT film for in vivo dose measurements of total body irradiation radiotherapy

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 389-394

  Su, Fan Chi ^a,b   Shi, Chengyu ^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

GAFCHROMIC EBT; In vivo dosimetry; Radiation dosimetry; Radiochromic film; Total body irradiation

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; IRRADIATION; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

ANTHROPOMORPHIC PHANTOMS; IN VIVO DOSIMETRY; PHOTON BEAMS; RADIOCHROMIC FILMS; TOTAL BODY IRRADIATION (TBI); TOTAL BODY IRRADIATION RADIOTHERAPY;

THIN FILMS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; FILM DOSIMETER; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MEASUREMENT; PATIENT; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; REPRODUCIBILITY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

FILM DOSIMETRY; HUMANS; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

EID: 38349157526     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2007.09.015     Document Type: Article

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