Investigation of energy dependence of EBT and EBT-2 Gafchromic film

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 571-576

  Lindsay, Patricia ^a   Rink, Alexandra ^a   Ruschin, Mark ^a   Jaffray, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Energy dependence; Gafchromic film; Orthovoltage

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; BROMINE; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; CHLORINE; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; NEUTRON LOGGING; QUALITY CONTROL; READOUT SYSTEMS; SCANNING;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; EFFECTIVE ATOMIC NUMBER; ENERGY DEPENDENCE; FLATBED SCANNERS; GAFCHROMIC FILMS; LARGE DEVIATIONS; ORTHOVOLTAGE; REAL TIME READOUTS;

ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY;

EID: 75749154506     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3291622     Document Type: Article

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