Energy dependence of EBT-1 radiochromic film response for photon (10 kVp-15 MVp) and electron beams (6-18 MeV) readout by a fla tbed scanner

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 5506-5514

  Richter, Christian ^a,b   Pawelke, Jörg ^a,b   Karsch, Leonhard ^a   Woithe, Julia ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON BEAMS; SCANNING;

DOSE-RESPONSE CURVES; EFFECTIVE BEAMS; ENERGY DEPENDENCE; FLATBED SCANNERS; HIGH ENERGY ELECTRON BEAMS; RADIOCHROMIC FILM; SCALING PROCEDURES; X-RAY BEAM QUALITIES;

X RAYS;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON BEAM; ELECTRON THERAPY; ENERGY; OPTICAL DENSITY; PHOTON THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIODIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; X RAY FILM; X RAY TUBE;

EID: 72049110767     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3253902     Document Type: Article

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