Photon beam dosimetry in the superficial buildup region using radiochromic EBT film stack

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2074-2083

  Chiu Tsao, Sou Tung ^a   Chan, Maria F ^b  

^a Quality MediPhys LLC   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Beam profile; Buildup region; Depth dose; Radiochromic film dosimetry; Superficial dose

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS; PIXELS;

BEAM PROFILES; BUILD-UP REGION; DEPTH DOSE; RADIOCHROMIC FILM DOSIMETRY; SUPERFICIAL DOSE;

PARTICLE BEAMS;

POLYSTYRENE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; FILM DOSIMETER; IONIZATION CHAMBER; IRRADIATION; PHANTOM; PHOTON THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; SKIN; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 66449083249     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3125134     Document Type: Article

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