Calibration of GafChromic XR-RV3 radiochromic film for skin dose measurement using standardized x-ray spectra and a commercial flatbed scanner

Medical Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1919-1930

  McCabe, Bradley P ^a   Speidel, Michael A ^a   Pike, Tina L ^a   Van Lysel, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

energy response; fluoroscopy; radiochromic film; scanner nonuniformity; skin dose

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; CALIBRATION; CITRUS FRUITS; ELECTRON SOURCES; FACINGS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHANTOMS; SCANNING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; X RAY APPARATUS;

ENERGY RESPONSE; FLUOROSCOPY; NONUNIFORMITY; RADIOCHROMIC FILM; SKIN DOSE;

X RAYS;

EID: 79953659464     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3560422     Document Type: Article

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