Gafchromic EBT film dosimetry in proton beams

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Zhao, Li ^a,b   Das, Indra J ^a,b  

^a Midwest Proton Radiotherapy Institute   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SCANNING; BEAM AXIS; BEAM DATA; BRAGG CURVES; CORRECTION FACTORS; DEPTH DOSE; EFFECTIVE ENERGY; ENERGY DEPENDENCE; FILM DOSIMETRY; GAFCHROMIC EBT; GOLD STANDARDS; HIGH RESOLUTION; ION CHAMBER; PARALLEL PLATES; PATIENT SPECIFIC; SOLID WATER;

DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; PROTONS; SCANNING;

PROTON BEAMS;

PROTON; WATER;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; FILM DOSIMETER; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY;

CALIBRATION; FILM DOSIMETRY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROTONS; WATER;

EID: 77951775866     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/10/N04     Document Type: Article

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