Absorption spectra time evolution of EBT-2 model GAFCHROMIC film

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2207-2214

  Devic, Slobodan ^a,b   Aldelaijan, Saad ^a,b   Mohammed, Huriyyah ^a,b   Tomic, Nada ^a,b   Liang, Li Heng ^a,b   Deblois, Francois ^a,b   Seuntjens, Jan ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Absorption spectroscopy; Radiochromic film dosimetry

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTRA; DOSIMETRY; ERRORS; SCANNING;

CLINICAL APPLICATION; DOSIMETRIC PROPERTIES; ERROR CONSTRAINTS; GAFCHROMIC FILMS; POSTIRRADIATION; RADIOCHROMIC FILM DOSIMETRY; SENSITIVE LAYERS; SPECTRA MEASUREMENTS;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 77952367089     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3378675     Document Type: Article

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