Radiochromic film dosimetry: Reflection vs transmission scanning

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2308-2311

  Kalef Ezra, J ^a   Karava, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Backscattering dose factor; Dosimetry; MD55; Radiochromic film; Scanner

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; DOSIMETRY; TRANSMISSIONS;

DOSE FACTORS; LONG TERM STABILITY; MD55; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; RADIOCHROMIC FILM; RADIOCHROMIC FILM DOSIMETRY; SCANNER; TRANSMISSION SCANNING;

SCANNING;

CHROMIUM 51;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DYNAMICS; FILM DOSIMETER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTISCANNING;

EID: 44349189243     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2919092     Document Type: Article

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