Characteristics of Gafchromic® XR-RV2 radiochromic film

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 3050-3058

  Blair, Andrew ^a,b   Meyer, Juergen ^b  

^a CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Diagnostic; Document scanner characteristics; Energy response; Film dosimetry; Gafchromic XR RV2; Polarization

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; IONIZING RADIATION; LIGHT SOURCES; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; POLARIZATION; RADIATION EFFECTS; SCANNING;

DIAGNOSTIC; DOCUMENT SCANNER CHARACTERISTICS; ENERGY RESPONSE; FILM DOSIMETRY; GAFCHROMIC XR-RV2;

FILM GROWTH;

ARTICLE; COLOR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; ENERGY; FILM; ILLUMINATION; IONIZING RADIATION; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; FILM DOSIMETER; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; TIME;

FILM DOSIMETRY; LIGHT; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION, IONIZING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67649604668     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3147141     Document Type: Article

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