Effect of processing time delay on the dose response of Kodak EDR2 film

Medical Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 2284-2288

  Childress, Nathan L ^a   Rosen, Isaac I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Film dosimetry; IMRT treatment plan verification; Quality assurance; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIOTHERAPY; TIMING CIRCUITS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

FILM CALIBRATION; FILM DOSIMETRY; FILM MEASUREMENT; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; PROCESSING TIME; REGIONS OF INTEREST; TIME DELAY EFFECTS; TREATMENT PLANS;

TIME DELAY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DOSIMETRY; FILM; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL DENSITY; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; TIME;

EID: 4043165773     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1774111     Document Type: Article

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