Technical note: Homogeneity of gafchromic® EBT2 film

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1753-1756

  Hartmann, Bernadette ^a,b   Martišíková, Mária ^a   Jäkel, Oliver ^a,c  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b Institut für Physik NMR   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Homogeneity; Radiochromic film dosimetry

Indexed keywords

BINDERS;

CLINICAL ROUTINE; HOMOGENEITY; NON-UNIFORMITIES; RADIOCHROMIC FILM; RADIOCHROMIC FILM DOSIMETRY; SENSITIVE COMPONENTS; TECHNICAL NOTES; TOLERANCE LEVELS;

DOSIMETRY;

COBALT; COLORING AGENT;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FILM DOSIMETER; HUMAN; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; PHOTON; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION RESPONSE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; X RAY;

CALIBRATION; COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; COLORING AGENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FILM DOSIMETRY; HUMANS; LIGHT; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; X-RAYS;

EID: 77950551727     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3368601     Document Type: Article

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