Optimizing the dynamic range extension of a radiochromic film dosimetry system

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 429-437

  Devic, Slobodan ^a   Tomic, Nada ^b   Soares, Christopher G ^c   Podgorsak, Ervin B ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flat bed scanner; Radiochromic film dosimetry; Sensitivity curves; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; COLOR; SCANNING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BLUE CHANNELS; COLOR CHANNELS; DYNAMIC RANGE EXTENSION; EXTERNAL BEAM THERAPY; FLATBED SCANNERS; RADIOCHROMIC FILM DOSIMETRY; RED CHANNELS; SENSITIVITY CURVES;

DOSIMETRY;

ABSORPTION; ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FILM DOSIMETER; IMAGE PROCESSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE;

EID: 59249097881     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3049597     Document Type: Article

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