Optimization of the Gafchromic™ EBT protocol for IMRT QA

Zeitschrift fur Medizinische Physik

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-37

  Schneider, Frank ^a   Polednik, Martin ^a   Wolff, Dirk ^a   Steil, Volker ^a   Delana, Anna ^b   Wenz, Frederik ^a   Menegotti, Loris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b SANTA CHIARA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

film dosimetry; Gafchromic EBT; IMRT; QA

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FILM; FILM DOSIMETER; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; OPTICAL DENSITY; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; ABSORPTION; COLOR; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; PHOTON; PRESSURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; X RAY FILM;

ABSORPTION; COLOR; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; PRESSURE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; X-RAY FILM;

EID: 63149113363     PISSN: 09393889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zemedi.2008.09.001     Document Type: Article

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