Absolute and relative dose measurements with Gafchromic™ EBT film for high energy electron beams with different doses per pulse

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 5463-5470

  Fiandra, Christian ^a   Ragona, Riccardo ^a   Ricardi, Umberto ^a   Anglesio, Silvia ^b   Giglioli, Francesca Romana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Film dosimetry; Gafchromic EBT; IORT

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAMS; RADIOTHERAPY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; FILM DOSIMETRY; GAFCHROMIC EBT; HIGH DOSE-PER-PULSE; HIGH ENERGY ELECTRON BEAMS; IORT; PULSE ELECTRON BEAMS;

ELECTRONS;

FERROUS SULFATE;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 56749104794     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3005975     Document Type: Article

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