On the characterization and uncertainty analysis of radiochromic film dosimetry

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1931-1946

  Bouchard, Hugo ^d   Lacroix, Fŕd́ric ^d   Beaudoin, Gilles ^a,b   Carrier, Jean Fraņois ^a,b   Kawrakow, Iwan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Centre Hospitalier de l'Universit de Mont al (CHUM)   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Characterization; Dosimetry; Radiochromic film; Sensitometric; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY; RADIOCHROMIC FILM; RADIOCHROMIC FILM DOSIMETRY; SENSITOMETRIC; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENT; UNCERTAINTY; UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATION;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FILM DOSIMETER; GAFCHROMIC FILM DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOCHROMIC FILM DOSIMETRY; RADIOSENSITIVITY; UNCERTAINTY; X RAY FILM;

EID: 66449085569     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3121488     Document Type: Article

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